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The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slig…

The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between…

With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indic…

State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its litera…

Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; suc…

Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is r…

To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be ut…

That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.

To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth,…

A gliding effect; gliding.

Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteent…

A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,…

Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.

Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibra…

Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to…