flute

A short shepherd's beak flute. See also Shepin which couples dance to the music herd's flute, of guitars or other instruments. flute stop Freedom was a special characteristic In an organ a group of metal or of the Eighteenth Century dances wooden pipes capable of producing and the fofa was noted for its undiga clear, sweet tone greatly resembling nified character. that of the orchestral flute. foglietto (fol-yet'-to) It. n. flute, transverse In orchestral music the copy of the Name is given to the flute which score which is often given to the is blown into at the side. Same as leader. It contains only the pa ages cro or German flute, which accompany solos. flute, traversiere (floot tra-ver-se-ar') foire des enfants (fwar-da-zan-fan) Fr. Fr. n. The transverse or cro flute, Literally, the children's fair. See flute-work also toy symphony. All the flue stops of an organ taken fois (fwa) Fr. n. collectively in contradistinction to Time, the reed stops or reed-work, that is, fois, those stops composed of pipes fitted Thedeuxieme (fwa duz-yam') Fr. second time. with reeds for the production of the fois, tone. Flue stops are those composed The premiere first time.(fwa prum-yar') Fr. of pipes in which the sound is profolatre (fo-latr') Fr. adj. duced by a current of air pa ing Wild; playful; lively. through a slit called a flue near the folia (fo'-le-a) Sp. n. bottom of the pipe, and then striking An old Spanish dance written for against a sharp edge or lip. The curone person in three-four time. The rent is cut and part enters the body music was frequently written on a of the pipe, setting the column of ground ba , which consisted of a air in vibration. The rest pa es out series of four or eight bars as a theme, of the pipe and is lost. All stops constantly repeated, and at each repedesignated as flute stops are contition accompanied by a new melody. structed on this plan. Same as flue- This theme is used as the basis of the work. The German name is Flotenwerk. composition as a whole. Corelli uses the term folia, to name flutee (floo-ta') Fr. adj. the variations which close his twelve Fluty; soft and clear in tone, like solos (op. five). Farinelli, in his a flute, " Ground " offers the same air, also fluter (flu-ta) Fr. v. Vivaldi. See also, folies d'espagne. foliated To play on the flute,