pince diese (pan-sa de-e-za) Fr

Literally, pinched a half tone higher: applied to a trill with a pipe, See pitch pitch pipe, sharpened note, pince etouffe (pan-sa a-to of-fa') Fr. A wooden shelf in an organ situated pipe-rack Literally, pinched; suppre ed: a above the wind chest and perforated grace note, struck simultaneously so as to hold and support the pipes, with the principal note, but instantly released. Equivalent to acciaccatura See reed pipe, reed pipe, (It). pipeau (pe-po) Fr. n. pince Fr. renverse (pan-sa ran-ver-sa') Pipe, or oaten pipe; bird-call, Literally, pinched backwards: a One who plays a pipe. A generic term applied to a mordent, or trill name formerly applied to any wanpiper that is given backwards, or reversed. dering musician that played upon a pin cement (pans-man Fr. n. wind instrument, such as bagpipe, The pinching or plucking of strings. Dr flute. 422 403 pipes, bending of pipes, bending of plagal Limited space sometimes requires 1. The position of a tone in the musical scale. great organ pipes to be twisted, hence pitch 2. That characteristic of a tone the term. The tone remains uninjured if the corners of the joints are which depends upon the relative numrounded off. ber of vibrations per second which pipes in prospect produce the sound. This term refers to the row of or pitch-fork namental pipes placed in the front of A tuning fork. the organ, and arranged symmetrical pitch, natural ly. They are usually made of tin or See natural pitch. organ metal; though sometimes there pitch, philharmonic are dummy pipes, pipes which do not See philharmonic pitch, sound, made of wood and covered pitch-pipe with tinfoil in organs which have no A small reed-pipe of a certain fixed tin diapasons, pitch, used in tuning instruments. pipes of Pan piuMore lento slowly. (pe-oo' len-to) It. A rude musical instrument composed of a graduated series of cane, pill More mo o speed; (pe-oo' mos'-so) It wood, metal, or stone pipes, closed quicker. at the lower end and blown with the breath acro the upper end. The piuMore presto rapidly; (pe-oo' faster. pras'-to) It. tones are frequently soft and sweet. It has been used in many parts of the piu tosto allegro (pe-oo' tos'-to al-la'- world by barbarous and half-civilized Rather faster. gro) It. peoples. Also known as Pandean pipes, and the syrinx, piuMore vivo lively. (pe-oo' ve'-vo) It. pipes, open lip piva See open lip pipes, 1. A(pe-va) It. n. bagpipe. pipes, pedal 2. nerAof apiece rendered after the man- The pipes in an organ sounded by bagpipe. the pedal-keyboard. pizzicando (pit-si-kan'-do) It. part. pique (pek) Fr. n. pizzicato Peg; spike; end pin of a violoncello, Literally,(pit-si-ka'-to) It. part. pinched: meaning that the upon which it rests when played. strings are to be plucked with the pique (pe-ka') Fr. part, and adj. fingers and not to be bowed. Abbr. Detached sharply: a term applied to a method of bowing in violin playing placebo (pla-se'-bo) which has a staccato effect. See also The vesper pizz. hymn Lat. for v. the dead in picchiettato. the Roman Catholic Church. The pirolino (pe-ro-le'-no.) It. n. opening words are: Placebo, Domine, Literally, small peg: button, on a violin, I will please thee, O Lord. pirouette (pe roo-et') Fr. n. placenteramente (pla-chen-ter-a-men'- te) It. adv. Literally, whirligig: a perforated cap adjusted so as partly to cover the Joyfully. double reed of old instruments of the placidamente (pla-che-da-mSn'-te) It. adv. shawm and pommer cla es, corre- Placidly; calmly. sponding with modern oboes and basplacido soons. The length of the pirouette Placid; (pla-che'-do) It. adj. calm; tranquil. was regulated so as to allow of the Projection of the proper length of the plagal Applied to those Greek and mediereed for vibration. The pirouette is no longer val modes or scales taking for their used. first tone one which was a fourth, piston two tones and a semitone, below the A name used to distinguish one keynote of the so-called authentic x*nA ■. Ve used in certain bra modes upon which they were built. Plagal comes from a Greek word Kon!n8oiroUmentS- See als° VaWemeaning leaning or aslant and is thus A solo for a cornet a pistons, that applied because of the idea of depenvalves. valv« a See e orne.t dence which it conveys. See Greek alsofurn's hed valve with piston modes and music, and church modes, 423 404 plagal cadence plagal cadence music of the plantation Protestant Episcopal The closing strain of a melody, Church. In the Catholic Church the consisting of a chord with the sub priests' can til at i on at the altar is dominate, or fourth tone of the scale, founded on plain-song. See also Amas a root or lowest note, followed by brosian chant and Greg or i an chant, a chord with the tonic, or keynote, plain counterpoint as root. Also called church cadence. Simple counterpoint, plagal keys plain descant In ancient Greek music those keys See plain discant. whose tones began in the dominant, or fifth tone of the scale upon which plain discant Simple counterpoint: the art of add they were founded, and extended uping to a melody a part, or parts, that ward to the octave and twelfth, a shall harmonize with it and at the twelfth being eight whole tones and same time be an independent melody. three semitones. See church modes. In plain or simple counterpoint the plagal melody simple unadorned melody may be as- A melody whose range extends a signed to either part. fourth below and a fifth above its plain recitative keynote. The plagal is so called be- A recitative with only ba accomcause it is based on the authentic. paniment, the notes of which are writ- The term is used only in ecclesiastical ten with Arabic and Roman numerals music. so as to indicate the chords upon which the recitative is constructed.