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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Schwach (Ger.) – Seguidilla (Sp.) (seh-gwee-deel-ya)

Schwach (Ger.)

Weak; soft.

Schwärmer (Ger.)

See Rauscher.

Schweller (Ger.)

The swell organ.

Schwellton (Ger.)

See Messa di Voce.

Schwellwerk (Ger.)

See Schweller.

Schwindend (Ger.)

See Morendo.

Score

See Partitur.

Scroll

The head of the violin, etc.

Sdegno (It.) (sdehn'-yo)

Scorn; disdain.

Sdegnosamente (It.) (sdehn'-yo-sa-men'teh). Scornfully.

Sdegnoso (It.) (sdehn-yo'-so)

Scornful.

Sdrucciolando (It.) (sdroot-sho-lan-do).

See Glissando.

Segno (It.)

See abbreviation S.

Seguidilla (Sp.) (seh-gwee-deel-ya)

A dance in time.

← Secondo (It.) (seh-con'-do)Sempre (It.) (sem'-preh) →