The complete melodeon instructor, in seven parts: Designed as a thorough instruction book for the melodeon, seraphine, eolican, melopean, organ, or any similar instrument . A, (It.) a subject or theme. TEMPO COMODO, (It.) in a convenient degree of , or TEN., (It.) implies that a note, or notes must be sustained or kept down the full (Fr.) a , CON TRAN QUILLEZZA, (It.) tranquilly, , (It.) implies the reiteration of a note or chord with great rapidity, so as to produce a tremulous kind of


The complete melodeon instructor, in seven parts: Designed as a thorough instruction book for the melodeon, seraphine, eolican, melopean, organ, or any similar instrument . A, (It.) a subject or theme. TEMPO COMODO, (It.) in a convenient degree of , or TEN., (It.) implies that a note, or notes must be sustained or kept down the full (Fr.) a , CON TRAN QUILLEZZA, (It.) tranquilly, , (It.) implies the reiteration of a note or chord with great rapidity, so as to produce a tremulous kind of , a group of three notes, arising fom the division of a note into three equal parts of the next inferioi FORZA, (It.) with the umost vehemence, m loud as , (It.) plural, all; a term used to point out those passages where all the voices or instruments or both, are to be , (It.) a; as, ra poco, a or CON VELOC1TA, (It.) in rapid VfVAMENTE, or CON VIVACITA, v1t.) Witt briskness and CON VIVEZZA, (It.) animate, , (It.) the SUBITO. cv V. S . (It.) turn over *.?.. DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS. The Mclodeon, Harmonium, Organ-Harmonium, Seraphine, Melopean, and other Eeed Instruments, are all constructedupon a similar principle, the tones being produced by the vibration of thin pieces of brass, prepared for the purpose, whichare termed reeds. Each of these is firmly fastened at one end, and accu-rately fitted to a small socket, or block, also of bras3, in which it vibrates.[n the small instruments the bellows, which supply the wind, are so ar-ranged as to be worked with a single pedal by the right foot of the per-former. In the large instruments,—Harmoniums, Organ-Harmoniums, &c,both feet are used in blowing. In most instruments the reeds are placedin a small chamber, which, by means of a pedal worked with the left foot,can be opened at will, producing a gradual increase of so


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