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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Stave

See Staff.

Stem, Hals (Ger.), Queue (Fr.), Gambo (It.). The part of a note consisting of a vertical line; also called tail.

Stentato (It.) (sten-tah'-to), Stentando (stentan'-do) [from stentare, to labor]. A heavy emphasis combined with a dragging of the time.

← Spiel (Ger.) (speel) – Stark (Ger.)Step →