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Touch – Tremulieren (Ger.)

Touch

(1) The resistance of the keys of the pianoforte or organ. (2) The manner in which a player strikes the keys.

Touche (Fr.) (toosh)

Digital; key; fret; fingerboard.

Tradotto (It.) (trah-dot'-to)

Transcribed; arranged. Tragen der Stimme (Ger.). Carrying of the voice. See Portamento. Trainé (Fr.) (tray nay). Slurred; legato.

Transcription

The arrangement of a vocal composition for an instrument, or of a composition for some instrument for another.

Transition

(I) An abrupt modulation. (2) The connecting passages between the themes of a rondo or sonata.

Transpose

To change the key of a composition to one higher or lower.

Transposing Instruments

Instruments whose sounds do not correspond with the written notes; as horns, clarionets, trumpets, etc.

Trattenuto (It.) (trat-teh-noo'-to)

back; retarded. Held

Tre (It.) (tray)

Three. Tre corde. Three strings, used in pianoforte music to signify a release of the una-corda pedal.

Trebelli, Lelia (treh-bel'-lee)

Alto; France.

B. 1838; d. 1893. 2 4 Modern. 3

Tremoloso (It.) (treh-mo-lo-so)

Tremulously. Tremulant, Tremolante (It.), Tremblant (Fr.) (trom-blont). A mechanism in the organ that causes the sound to waver.

Tremulieren (Ger.)

To trill or to sing. Vibrato, q. v.