Unterhalbton

Ger. n. (oon' - ter - halp' - ton') Unsuitable for singing; not po e - Half tone below. ing tone. The breath which escapes when the voice is not well managed, Unterhaltung tiick (oon' ter - hal' - producing an audible hi or sigh, is toongs-shttik') Ger. n. called unvocal air. Entertainment; also a bright, amus- Ger. adj. kommen ( oon'-fol-kom -men ) ing piece of music. Equivalent to unvoll amusement, recreation, or diverti ement (Fr.) and divertimento (It.). Imperfect: unvollkommene Kadanz, imperfect cadence. 573 554 uomo, primo utricular i us uomo, Italy. The French indicate the abso- The primo first man; (pre'-mo oo-6'-mo) i. e., the first,It.the n. lute pitch of the various octaves, as leading male soprano or tenor. Obsofollows: Ut_i Ut_a Uti Ufa Ut, Ut. lete, Ut5, corresponding to the Ca G C c, up-beat c1 c2 c3 of the English system. See The raising of the hand in beating Are tin i an syllables and solmisation time, opposite of down-beat. Also for further information. the unaccented part of a measure, ut bemol (tit ba-mul) Fr. since the hand is raised on the unac- C flat. cented beats at the beginning of a ut bemol majeur (tit ba-mul ma-zhiir) piece, made nece ary by an unac- Fr. cented syllable in the words. Equiv- The key of C flat major. alent to an a crouse or leve (Fr.), Anaut bemol mineur (iit ba-mul me-nur) krusis, or Auftakt (Ger.). Fr. up-bow The key of C flat minor. The upward movement of the bow, from pont to nut; also the sign ut The bemolle note (tit ba-mol'-le) It. C flat. A or V indicating this movement. UtC diese sharp.(tit de-ez) Fr. Equivalent to pou e (Fr.); Hinaufstruch (Ger.); arco in su (It). ut diese majeur (tit de-ez ma-zhiir) upper-clang Fr. The major chord in the klang-sys- The key of C sharp major. tem of designating chords. See clang. ut diese mineur (iit de-ez me-nur) Fr. upright pianoforte The scale of C sharp minor, A piano placed on end. The shallow, high case was adopted for the ut The diesis note(titC de-a'-sis) sharp. It. purpose of economizing space and is now more popular than any other. ut majeur (iit ma-zhiir) Fr. See also pianoforte. The key of C major. See also C. uranion ut mineur (ut me-niir) Fr. The scale of C minor. See also C. An instrument similar to harpsichord or piano. ut queant Lat. lax is (ut kwe'-ant lak'-sts) uscirIt.di tuono (oo'-sher de too-6'-no) The opening words of a hymn to To get out of tune. St. John: us us (u-sus) Lat. n. Ut queant lax is Res on are fibris Literally, use. Melopoeia, the art of Mira gestorum Famuli tuorum making melody is divided into three Solve polluti, Labii reatum parts, sumptio, nustio and us us. Usus Sancte Johannes. deals with the order or succe ion of Composed by one Paul, in the latter intervals combined to form good melhalf of the Eighth Century, A. D. It ody. It is divided in three parts, so happened that the first syllable of duct us, the order of the succe ive each section, ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la notes of a melody; petteia, the chooswere sung on the first six tones of ing of suitable sounds; and nexus, the the scale, and Guido D'Arezzo, no tic interweaving of the intervals into ing this fact, used them as the names melody, of the notes in his hexachord. See ut (iit) Fr. also Are tin i an syllables. ut (oot) It. ut supra (iit su'-pra) Lat. ut (iit) Lat. As above; as before. Equivalent to The first syllable of Guido's hexacome sopra (It). chord, applied to the keynote of a major scale, and to the third note of a utriculariae t-e) Lat.tibiae (u-trtk-u-la'-rt-e tibminor scale. As the name of the note Bag-pipes. C, it is still used in France; but Do utricular i us has not been substituted for it in Bagpiper. (ut-ri-cu-Ia'-ri-us) Lat. n. 574 va (va) It. v. off wind; it is found in organs, reed Go; go on; continue; as in va con organs and bra wind instruments, spirito, go on spiritedly; va rallenand is used to modify the tone. In tan do, keep on slackening the speed, certain wind instruments it diverts va crescendo (va kre-chen'-do) It. the air from the main tube into add i- Keep on increasing the tone in voltional lengths of tubes called crooks. ume; continue to make the tone These instruments have three valves, louder. one lowering the tone a half step, one a whole step and one a step and a vaccilando (vat-chi-lan'-do) It. part. half. Each valve may be used separ- Vacillating; wavering; hesitating; irregular in time or uncertain in tone, ately or all may be used together; each gives a complete set of tones vaceto (va-cha'-to) It. like that of the natural tube only as Quick, much higher or lower as the crook vagans (va'-ganz) Lat. part. gives additional length. They are op- Wandering; uncertain: in old five era ted by the fingers of the right part music, about the Fifteenth Cenhand. There are two kinds of valves, tury, it was uncertain to which voice the piston-valve which is a cylindrical the fifth part would be given, there plunger working in an air-tight tube; being no rule as to whether soprano, and the rotary valve which is a four alto, tenor or ba should take it, and part stop-cock working in a cylindrisometimes it wandered about from cal case. On the organ there are sucone voice to another; hence, it was tion valves, admitting wind to the called quintas vagans. bellows and preventing its escape; vago (va'-go) It. adj. waste pallet valves relieving the bel- Vague; undefined; uncertain; wanlows of superfluous wind, and a key dering; irregular in time; rambling or valve, called pallets, consisting of dreamy in expre ion. small tubes connecting the keys with valce (val-che) It. n. the pallets over the opening in organ A waltz. valeur (va-lur') Fr. n. valve horn Equivalent to valor (Lat.). pipes. A horn having three valves, one voller (fol'-ler) Ger. adv. and adj. lowering the pitch a half step, one a Comparative of voll; fuller, louder; full step and one a step and a half; more fully, used separately or together. By means valore (va-lo'-re) It. n. of these valves a complete chromatic Value; worth; the length or dura scale can be obtained which is not tion of a note. po ible on those horns without valse (vals) Fr. n. valves. See also valve. Waltz. valve trumpet valse a deux temps (vals a du tan) Fr. A trumpet fitted with a valve, or Waltz in double time: the modern mechanical contrivances for closing or quick waltz, with two steps to the opening a hole in the side of the tube three beats of each measure. It is and thus shortening or lengthening now more frequently danced than any the vibrating air column and changing other waltz, the pitch. See also valve, vamp valzer (val-tsar) It. n. valse chantee (vals shafi-ta') Fr. Waltz. Vocal waltz; a song in waltz time.