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Super-dominant – Syren

Super-dominant

The 6th degree of the scale. Supplichevole (It.) (sup-plee-kay'-vo-leh), Supplichevolmente (sup - plee - kay - volmen'-teh). Pleading; supplicating.

Suppe, F

von (soop'-peh).

Austria. B. 1820; d. 1895.

Composer; SYRINX

Suspension

Tying or prolonging a note from one chord into the following. See Retardation.

Sussurando (It.) (soos-soo-ran'-do)

Murmuring. Sussurante (It.) (soos-soo - ran' - teh). Whisperingly.

Symphonic Ode

A combination of symphony and chorus, as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or Mendelssohn's Lobgesang.

Syncopation

A shifting of the accent, caused by tying a weak beat to a strong beat.

Syren

(1) An acoustical apparatus for determining the vibrational rates of sounds. (2) A species of foghorn.