dessus (dfis-su') Fr. n

Literally, over, uppermost: the deutsche The German flote (doitsch'-e fla'-te) known flute, otherwise Ger. soprano or treble part. as the transverse or cro flute, which 175 156 deutsche flSte diaconica is the one commonly used in modern hand. A flute-player held one of the orchestras. tibiae impares, or flutes of unequal deutsche Tabulator (doitsh'-e tab-oolength, in each hand; the one for the la-to or') Ger. right was usually shorter, and sup- German organ tablature. An old posedly of higher pitch than the one system of notation for instruments for the left, known as tibia sinistra, with keyboards, using letters or figdextre (dextr) Fr. adj. and n. ures to represent notes. Right: the right hand. deutsche Dezime (da-tse'-me) Ger. n. Ger. Tanze (doitsh'-e ten'-tse) The interval of a tenth. German dances: the slow waltzes in di (de) It. prep. vogue some years ago. By; for; with; from; to. deutscher Ba (doitsh'-er bas) Ger. di With chiaro clearne : (de ke-a'-ro)clearly;It. distinctly, German ba . An obsolete instrument of the viol family, with five or di At col to (de suddenly, kol'-to) It. six strings, in size between the viol on once: instantaneously, cello and the modern double-ba . di Cheerfully; gala (de ga'-la) deux fois (du fwa) Fr. merrily.It. Two times; twice. di grado (de gra -do) It. deux temps (du-tan) Fr. By steps; by degrees. Literally, two-time. The two-step, di a-shen-den'-te) grado ascendenteIt. (de gra'-do a quick dance written in six-eight time, three steps being taken to the Ascending step by step, measure, in which it resembles the di grado descendente (de gra'do dawaltz, although the rhythm is difshen-den'-te) It. ferent. The accent is the same as in Descending step by step. the waltz and is the only difficult part di Lightly; leggiero easily. (de led-ja'-ro) It. of the dance. The deux temps is sometimes called the ignoramus waltz di Very molto much; (de mol'-to) because of its name " two-time," when extremely,It. the dance is three-time, and because di nuovo (de noo-6'-vo) It. of the simplicity of the movements. Anew; again. deuxieme fois (duz-yem fwa) Fr. di peso (de-pa-so) It. The second time. At once; immediately. deuxieme position (duz-yam po-zesdi Literally, post a (de bypos'-ta) post, or It. stage: at once. They of i') second Fr. position of the hand in playing the violin and other related di quieto (de kwe-a'-to) It. Quietly, instruments; also called the half shift. di salto (de sal'-to) It. development Literally, by a leap: said of music In a composition of well defined progre ing by skips, in contra disform, such as the sonata, symphony or ually. tinct i on tod i grado, progre ing grad fugue, the term development is used in two closely related senses: as a general name for the movement which di Softly; sop piano in (de s6p-pe-a'-no) an undertone. It. follows the statement of the first and second themes, and which is based di Over; sopra above. (de so'-pra) It. upon them; and also as the working di testa (de tes'-ta) It. out of these themes by varying the From the head; of the head: a term rhythm, the harmony, or the melody, used in vocal music. by expansion, contraction and modudia (di'-a) Grk. prep. lati on, within certain limits. Through; throughout, devoto (da-vo'-to) It. adj. diaconica (di'-a-kon'-i-ka) Grk. n. plu. Literally, devout, devoted, pious. Litany: a form of responsive prayer devozione (da-vo-tsi-6'-ne) It. n. in the Oriental or Greek Church cor- Devotion: con devozione, with responding to the litany of the West devotion, with devotional feeling. ern churches, Roman Catholic and dextraL at. (deks'-tra) Eng. adj. from Anglican. It is the deacon's litany recited at the beginning of the liturgy Right: the right hand. in the Greek Church; the deacon sings dextrae tibiae (deks'-tre tlb'-i-e) Lat. the petition and the choir or congre- A term used by the Romans to in dig at i on responds, as, Deacon: "In cate flutes or pipes held in the right peace let us pray of the Lord." Choir 158 diapason^ open diaschisma open at the top. Their tone is full and 2. To proceed by fifths in tuning a rich and the lower extreme of their compa is usually the second C below 3. To build up progre ions of fifths, piano. middle C, unle they are connected diaphone with the pedals, when they are an The name(di'-a-fon) of an organ fromstopGrk. invented octave lower. When there are two or a few years ago by Hope-Jones. Below the sound board, under the foot more diapason stops connected with of each pipe is a box through which one keyboard the pipes differ in diamthe wind must pa before entering eter and a variation in the power of the pipe. In the box is fitted a small their sound is thus created. bellows connected with the pallet covdiapason, stopped ering the opening of the pipe by a Those foundation stops of the organ spring holding the pallet open. When producing the typical organ tone and the wind is directed against the pipe composed of pipes which are closed at the bellows is filled and distended, the top and are usually of wood, forcing the pallet shut. However, the although the treble pipes are some air is immediately exhausted and the times of metal. These two character bellows close allowing the air to enter istics cause them to produce a le the pipe. This action is rapidly brilliant tone which has been desigrepeated, producing an undulating or nated as soft and flute-like. The fact tremulous tone which is effective in that the pipes are covered at the top loud pa ages, does not lower the pitch, but the diaphonia (di-a-fo'-ni'-a) Grk. n. pipes are shorter and the second C The Greek term for di onance; the below the middle C remains the lowest opposite of symphonia, symphony or tone unle the stops are connected consonance. The Anglicized and more with the pedals, when they are pitched common form of the word is diaan octave lower. phony, which see. diapente (di-a-pen'-te) Eng. fifth; from Lat. diaphonics from Grk. (dl-a-fon'-iks) Eng. n. The interval of a perfect that is, three and a half steps. The science of the refraction of sound. diapente col ditono (dl-a-pen'-te) Eng. diaphony (dl-af'-o-ni) Eng. n. from An from Lat.; of(kol interval de to'-no) a perfect fifth It. plus a Grk. The Anglicized form of the Greek third; a major seventh which consists of eleven half steps. word diaphonia, di onance, the opposite of symphonia, consonance. From diapente col semiditono (di-a-p€n'-te) being applied to discordant sounds, Eng. from Lat; (kol sa-me-dethe term came to include the earliest to'-no) It. attempts at two-part counterpoint, The interval of a perfect fifth with also called organum, which was a a minor third; a minor seventh or crude form of music for two voices, interval of ten half steps. consisting of tones in parallel motion, diapente cum semi to no (dl-a-pen'-te the lower part usually written four or kum sem-i-to'-no) Lat. five tones below the upper, progres- The interval of a fifth plus a half sions now considered violations of the tone: a minor sixth; an interval of rules of harmony. Later the word was eight half steps or four whole steps in applied to discant in its early stages, the scale. that is, one of the first forms of diapente cum to no (dl-a-pen'-te kum counterpoint, adding one or two parts to'-no) Lat. to a melody usually by improv is i on. The interval of a fifth or three and Some writers consider the Latin word a half tones, plus a whole tone; the discant us merely an equivalent for the same as a major sixth, Greek diaphonia. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music - Dictionary