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Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Concertina :: Concertina (n.) A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads..

Septette :: Septette (n.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.

Melodiograph :: Melodiograph (n.) A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon..

Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like..

Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca..

Mood :: Mood (n.) Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

Quintette :: Quintette (n.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music..

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet..

Instrumentally :: Instrumentally (adv.) With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied..

Quaver :: Quaver (n.) A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music..

Figure :: Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

Parquet :: Parquet (n.) A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit..

Althorn :: Althorn (n.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn..

Measure :: Measure (n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet..

Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..

Quadrille :: Quadrille (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.

Hydraulicon :: Hydraulicon (n.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make..

Xylophone :: Xylophone (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle..

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