Musicalness: alternatives and connections

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which m…

(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…

The conductor of a musical band.

A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is play…

The lowest part in a musical composition.

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…

The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the b…

To regulate by musical measure.

A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those…