Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms

How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.

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Pp – Phantasie (Ger.)

Pp

Abbreviation for piu piano. Softer (comparative degree).

Part-Writing

Counterpoint.

Partial Tones

See Overtone.

Pathétique (Fr.) (pa-teh-teek)

Pathetic; pathetically.

Pentatonic Scale

See Scale.

Perfect Cadence

See Cadence.

Pesante (It.) (peh-san'-teh)

Heavy; weighty. 2

Petite (Fr.) (peh-teet)

Small; little.

Petite Pedale

Soft pedal in organ music.

Petites Notes

Grace notes.

Pfeife (Ger.) (pfei-feh)

Pipe; fife.

Phantasie (Ger.)

See Fantasia.

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