rapidamente

adv. ( ra-pe-da-men'-te ) It. is proportion, or relation between two numbers of the same kind, espe- Rapidly; swiftly; quickly, cially that in which the division of one rapidiamente e brillante (ra-pe-daby the other is indicated. In music, men'-te a bril-lan'-te) the term is applied to the relation Rapidly and brilliant: in a rapid and between the respective numbers of brilliant style. vibrations per second of different rappel tones; from this relation is determined Ancient Egyptian or Hebrew in strut he exact measurement of intervals. ment, still used in the East, and re- For instance, the ratio of the vibrasembling the drum. tion number of A on the treble staff rappel (rap-pel') Fr. n.beating to arms. to that of the C just above, according Call; recall; drums to the standard known as intern a- Also the imitation of a bird-song. tional pitch, is 435:522, or in lower rapsodie (rap-so-de) Fr. n. terms, 5:6. The ratio of the same A See rhapsody. to the A an octave above would be rapsody 435:870, or 1:2. That is, the tone See rhapsody, represented by A on the treble staff rasch (rash) Ger. adj. and adv. consists of four hundred and thirty- 1. (adj.) Quick; fast; brisk; lively. five vibrations per second, while C on 2. (adv.) So rasch wie moglich, as the treble staff consists of five hunfast as po ible. dred and twenty-two, five vibrations rascher (rash'-er) Ger. adj and adv. of A taking place during six of C. Faster, quicker; more lively. Noch rascher, still faster. rattenendo (rat-te-nen'-do) It. part. Retaining; holding or keeping back Rasegesang (ra'-ze-ge-zang') Ger. n. the time; retarding; becoming slower. Raselied (ra'-ze-lef) Ger. n. rat tenuto (rat-te-noo'-to) It. adj. Literally, a wild song: an ode sung by the ancients in honor of Bacchus, Detained; kept back; retarded. Another spelling of ritenuto. the god of wine; a lyrical composition of a wild, enthusiastic character, rattezza (rat-ted'-za) It. n. rasend (ra'-zent) Ger. adj. Rapidity; swiftne ; speed; nimblene . Furious; mad; raging; violent; enraged; wild, raucedine (ra-oo-che-de'-ne) It. n. Hoarsene . rasgado (ras-ga'-dho) Spa. n. rauco (ra'-oo-ko) It. adj. Literally, rasping: the sweeping of the thumb acro the strings, in playrauh (row) Ger. adj. ing the guitar, to produce a full rauque (rok) Fr. adj. chord. Rough; harsh; hoarse. 444 425 ray realejo Rausch Rausch (rowsh) Ger. n. ravvivando tem'-po) il tempo It. (rav-vi-van'-do II Roaring, rustling: said of mixture stops on the organ which sound some Accelerating the time; increasing of the upper partials of a tone, and the speed of a movement. when drawn with a single stop have the effect of strengthening and mak- The name in the Tonic Sol-fa sysing full the sound produced. tem for re. See also re. re (ra) It. and Spa. n. Rauscher (row'-sher) Ger. n. re (ra) Fr. n. Literally, rustler. A pa age in which every note or every second In French, Italian and Spanish the note is repeated rapidly several times. name always applied to the tone D. Synonym of schwarmer. The name applied in the Are tin i an system to the second of the syllables Rauschflote (rowsh'-fla-te) Ger. n. used in naming the tones of the scale. Rauschpfeife (rowsh'-pfi-fe) Ger. n. In the fixed do system re always Rauschquint (rowsh'-kvent) Ger. n. stands for D, in the movable do sys- Rauschwerk (rowsh'-verk) Ger. n. tem for the second tone of any major A fancy name, meaning rushing scale. Spelled ray in the Tonic Sol-fa flute, applied to an organ stop com system. posed of two ranks of pipes, that is, re bemol (ra ba-mul) Fr. two pipes to each key of the key- D flat. board. The pipes have various pitches. re bemol majeur (ra ba-mul ma-zhur) One rank may be tuned either the Fr. interval of a fifth, the interval of a D flat major. twelfth or the interval of a fifteenth, two octaves above the corresponding re The bemolle note D(raflat. ba-mol'-le) It. keys of the keyboard, and the other rank may be tuned either the interval re bemolle maggiore (ra ba-mol'-le mad-jo'-re) It. of an eighth, the interval of a fif- The key of D flat major. teenth or the interval of a nineteenth above the corresponding keys of the re The diesenote (ra ofde'-ez) Fr. D sharp. keyboard. This stop, which was at one time very popular among German re The diese key mineur of D (ra de'-ez sharp me-ntir) Fr. minor. organ builders, modern organs, does not appear in re The diesis note (ra Dde-a'-sis) sharp. It.