jauchzend

adj. (yowk'-tsent) Ger. part, and jeu A dechest violesof (zhii viols. du ve-61') Fr. Shouting; with joy; rejoicing, je (ya) Ger. adv. jeu de voix humaine (zhii dii vwa u- Ever, always; at any time; at a time; men) Fr. each, when used with numerals, as Literally, stop of human voice: an je drei Pauken — three drums each, organ stop producing a tone greatly jeu (zhii) Fr. n. resembling the human voice. See also vox human a. 1. Play, style of playing. 2. A set of anything, such as bells; jeu d'echos (zhii da'-ko) Fr. or organ pipes, also an organ stop. Echo stop: an organ stop produc- Jeu ordinaire, the usual method of ing a soft, distant effect somewhat playing an instrument, counteracts resembling an echo. the effect of such directions as, sur le jeu, dem i (du-me zhii) Fr. chevalet, play near the bridge. Half-power. jeu a bouche (zhu a boosh') Fr. jeu d'orgue (zhii 36rg) Fr. Literally, played by the mouth: a 1. An organ stop. flue stop. An organ stop composed 2. A row of organ pipes all giving of pipes in which the sound is pro tones of similar quality. duced by a current of air sent through jeu, grand (granzhii) Fr. a slit or flue near the lower end, and Full organ. striking against a sharp edge. The jeu, plein (zhu, plan) Fr. current is cut and part enters the Full organ. pipe causing the column of air to jeux (zhii) Fr. n. pi. vibrate. The rest pa es out and is lost Stops in an organ or harmonium, as, jeux de fonds, foundation stops. 294 275 jeux doux joueur de la lyre jeux doux (zhu doo) Fr. Jodler (yod'-ler) Ger. n. Sweet, soft stops on the organ or A jodel; a song or refrain sung, not harmonium. to words, but to vowels or syllables, jeux forts (zhu for) Fr. peculiar to the peasants of Switzer- Loud stops. land, Tyrol, and Bavaria, character jews'-harp ized by sudden alterations from chest An unimportant instrument conto falsetto tones. Such strains are sisting of a small iron frame shaped used as extemporaneous embellish like a horseshoe, within which is a ments of simple peasant melodies. In metallic tongue. The frame is held some Tyrolean airs there occur pas between the teeth and its tongue is sages with words similar in form to caused to vibrate by striking it with jodels. Spelled also yodler. the finger while the performer hums jongleurs (zhon-glur) Fr. n. pi. a tune. There are three theories as jonglours (zhon-gloor) Fr. n. pi. to the derivation of the name; one Literally, yoke-fellows: the name is that it contains a reference to the applied to the hired attendants of those troubadours who were unable use of the harp by the Jews, one' that to sing or accompany their poems on it was first made and sold in England by Jews, and another that the name the viol, lute or harp. They were was originally jaw's harp because of introduced into England at the Nor the position in which the instrument man conquest, 1066, where they is held, degenerated and were cla ed by jews'-trump statute as vagabonds in 1597. But they existed in France from the jig An early name for the jews'-harp. Eighth Century until the time of the 1. A kind of light, gay dance to a French Revolution, 1789. very rapid tune. After the pa ing of the trouba- 2. The music for such a dance is dours, the jongleurs or minstrels fell light and quick, in six-eight or twelve in to disfavor among the rich and noble and were forced to wander eight time. The name is supposed to be derived from the German geige or about among the peasants. Encourfiddle. See also gigue. aged by their succe among the peojingles ple, they formed a guild and settled Disks of tin or other metal, placed in Paris in 1330, dominating musical affairs throughout the country until on wires in holes in the hoop of a Louis XIV created his band of four tambourine to increase the noise. and twenty fiddlers with Lully at the jobel (yo'-bel) Heb. n. head. From that time the society