four-foot octave
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four-foot stop — noun : a pipe organ stop sounding pitches an octave higher than the notes indicate compare eight foot stop … Useful english dictionary
octave — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Octateuch, Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, book, bourdon, burden, canto, cello, chorus, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, consecutive intervals, contraoctave,… … Moby Thesaurus
Octave — For other uses, see Octave (disambiguation). Perfect octave Inverse unison Name Other names Abbreviation P8 Size … Wikipedia
Eight foot pitch — is a term common to the organ and the harpsichord. An organ pipe, or a harpsichord string, designated as eight foot pitch is sounded at standard, ordinary pitch. For example, the A above middle C in eight foot pitch would be sounded at 440 Hz.… … Wikipedia
eighth — Synonyms and related words: contraoctave, double contraoctave, eightfold, four foot octave, four line octave, great octave, octadic, octagonal, octahedral, octal, octan, octaploid, octastyle, octave, octofid, octonary, octosyllabic, octuple, one… … Moby Thesaurus
keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… … Universalium
wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… … Universalium
Harpsichord — in the Flemish style Bach s Little Prelude in C major being played on a harpsichord. A harpsichord, also known by the name cembalo, is a musical instrument pla … Wikipedia
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Disposition (harpsichord) — The disposition of a harpsichord is the set of choirs of strings it contains. This article describes various dispositions and gives the standard notation for describing them. If a harpsichord contains just one set of strings at normal concert… … Wikipedia
