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Prick :: Prick (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition..

Melisma :: Melisma (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation..

Section :: Section (n.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase..

Large :: Large (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves..

Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..

Orotund :: Orotund (a.) Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance..

Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition..

Service :: Service (n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches..

Pyrophone :: Pyrophone (n.) A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths..

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..

Silvery :: Silvery (a.) Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh..

Intonation :: Intonation (n.) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t..

Chime :: Chime (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments..

Fantasia :: Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form..

Reed :: Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.

Crotalo :: Crotalo (n.) A Turkish musical instrument.

Immusical :: Immusical (a.) Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.

Musicalness :: Musicalness (n.) The quality of being musical.

Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..

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