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ations; the opposite of cacophony. (From the Greek word meaning _well-sounding_.) _Facile_--easy. _Fanfare_--a trumpet call. _Fantasia_--An instrumental composition not based on any regular form. _Fiasco_--a complete failure or breakdown. This use of the word _fiasco_ (which means in Italian a flask, or bottle) is said to have reference to the bursting of a bottle, the complete ruin of the bottle being compared with the complete failure of a performance. _Gamut_--all the tones of a scale. _Glissando_--playing a scale on the keyboard by drawing the finger along over the keys, thus depressing them in very rapid succession. The word is derived from the French word _glisser_--to glide. _Harpsichord_--one of the immediate predecessors of the piano. _Humoresque_--a capricious, fantastic composition. (Cf. _fantasia_.) _Idyl_--a short, romantic piece of music in simple and unaffected style. _In alt_--pitches in the first octave above the treble staff. Thus _e.g._, "C in alt" is the C represented by the second added line above the treble staff. _In altissimo_--pitches in the octave above the _alt_ octave. _Instrumentation_--see _orchestration_. _Interlude_--a short movement between two larger movements. _Loco_--place; _i.e._, play as written. (See p. 15, Sec. 46.) _Lunga trillo_--a long trill. CHAPTER XX MISCELLANEOUS TERMS (_Continued_) _Lyric_--a short, song-like poem of simple character. Also applied to instrumental pieces of like character. _Maggiore_--major. _Marcato il canto_--the melody well marked; _i.e._, subdue the accompaniment so that the melody may stand out strongly. _Melos_--melody. This word _melos_ is also applied to the peculiar style of vocal solo found in Wagner's music dramas. See _recitative_ (p. 75, Sec. 170). _Mellifluous_--pleasing; pleasant sounding. _Menuetto, menuet_--same as _minuet_. (See p. 68, Sec. 151.) _Mezzo soprano_--a woman's voice of soprano quality, but of somewhat lower compass than the soprano voice. Range approximately b to g''. _Minore_--minor. _Nocturne_ (sometimes spelled _nocturn_, _notturna_, _nokturne_, etc.)--a night piece; a quiet, melodious, somewhat sentimental composition, usually for piano solo. _Nuance_--delicate shading; subtle variations in tempo and dynamics which make the rendition of music more expressive. _Obbligato_ (sometimes incorrectly spelled _obligato_)--an accessory me
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