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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Stop

(I) To press the finger on the string of violin, guitar, etc. Double Stop, pressing two strings at once. (2) (noun) A rank or set of organ-pipes. Draw Stop, the arrangement of levers by means of which the "wind" is admitted to the various ranks of pipes at will, called also register.

Foundation Stop, one of 8-foot pitch.

Mutation Stop, one sounding the major third or perfect fifth, or both, over the fundamental. Solo Stop, one with a tone quality suited to the rendition of melody.

Stracino (It.) (strah-chee'-no), Stracicato (strah-chee-cah'-to), Stracicando (strahchee-can-do), Stracinando (strah - cheenan'-do). A drag, or slur; sliding from one note to another and at the same time slightly slackening the time.

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