A dictionary of musical terms, containing upwards of 9000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases, preceded by rules for the pronunciation of Italian, German and French; . Ch. 8w. In organ-music, signifies changehands on chord .. In , signifies hold chordwith pedal . Signalhorn (Ger.) A bugle. Signature. The signs set at the head ofthe staff at the beginning of a piece ormovement, indicating the key andmeasure in which it is written. Thechromatic sign or signs are termed thekey-signature ; the figures or signs in-dicating the measure, the time-signa-ture,


A dictionary of musical terms, containing upwards of 9000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases, preceded by rules for the pronunciation of Italian, German and French; . Ch. 8w. In organ-music, signifies changehands on chord .. In , signifies hold chordwith pedal . Signalhorn (Ger.) A bugle. Signature. The signs set at the head ofthe staff at the beginning of a piece ormovement, indicating the key andmeasure in which it is written. Thechromatic sign or signs are termed thekey-signature ; the figures or signs in-dicating the measure, the time-signa-ture, or rhythmical signature. Signaturen (Ger., pi.) The figures andsigns employed in thorough-bass nota-tion. Signe (Fr.) Sign. Signum (Lat.) Signa imp licita,indicialia, intrinseca, see Dotation,§3, Modus. Siguidilla (Span.) See Seguidilla. Silbendehnung (Ger.) Slurring a sylla-ble, i. e. singing it to more than onetone. Silence (Fr.), Silenzio (It.) A rest.(Comp. Pause, Soupir.) Sillet (Fr.) Nut ; specifically, petit sil-let, nut at upper end of neck ; grandsillet, nut at tailpiece. Similar motion. See Motion. Simile (It., similarly, in like manner.)A direction to perform the followingpassage or passages in the same style asa preceding simil


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