tenor

1. The name of the highest natural of tenor pitch, or middle trombone, having a range of tone from B flat to adult male voice next above the bary- C above the tenor clef. tone, and ranging from C on the secn. (ta-nor-shlus'-sel) Ger., ond space of the ba clef to C on the Tenorschl ii el second line of the treble staff. _ This The tenor clef; the C clef on the name is also given to some instrufourth line of the staff. See also tenor ments of approximately the same clef. pitch, such as tenor-violin. It comes n. stim me (ta-nor-shtlm'-me) Ger. from the Latin teneo, I hold, because Tenor in ancient music it held the melody or The tenor voice or part. 538 519 Tenorzeichen terpodion Tenorzeichen (ta-nor-tsi-khen) Ger. n. terThrice sanctus (tur sank'-tiis) Lat. The tenor sign: the tenor clef, holy: referring to the Holy, tensile Holy, Holy, of Te Deum, a hymn Susceptible of tension: a term apwhich forms part of the daily matins plied to all stringed instruments on of the Roman Catholic Church and is account of the tension of their strings. sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. ten tell are (ten-tel-la'-re) It. v. It is also much used in Episcopal To tingle; to resound; to jingle. Church service. tenth ter unca (tur un'-ka) Lat. An interval of an octave plus two Three-hooked: an old name for the degrees. thirty-second note. tenu (tu-nii) Fr. adj. terce (ters) Fr. n. tenuto (ta-noo'-to) It. adj. Third: in the Roman Catholic Held; sustained: a direction fre- Church and in the Anglican Church, quently used in piano music, signify the third division of the seven periods ing that the notes are to be held on or of daily prayer, called the canonical sustained their full value: indicated by hours. It falls half way between sun the sign —. Abbr. ten. rise and noon. teorbe (ta-6rb) Fr. n. tercet (ter-sa) Fr. n. See theorbo, A triplet: a group of three notes teoretico (ta-o-ra'-ti-ko) It. adj. played in the time usually given to Theoretical: written or performed two similar notes, as three eighth according to the rules of the theory notes played in the time usually given of music, to two eighth notes, teoria (ta-6-re'-a) It. n. terms, musical Theory: the scientific and abstract Words and phrases applied to mus i rules which govern the art of music in cal pa ages to indicate the manner in all its branches. which they should be performed. tepidamente (ta-pe-da-men'-te) It. adv. Also the names of instruments or A direction meaning that the part so parts of instruments, the names of marked is to be rendered in an even different kinds of compositions and and unimpa ioned style. parts of compositions and the different tepid it a (ta-pe-di-ta') parts and qualities of the human Coldne ; indifference,It. n. voice. teponzatli n. ternaire (ter-nar) Fr. adj. A kind of Aztec drum still used by ternario (ter-na'-rlo) It. adj. the aborigines of Central America and Mexico. It consists of a section ternary Proceeding (tur'-na-ri) Eng. consisting of by threes; of log from two to five feet long, left three; as used in the phrases, ternario round in the ruder specimens, but tempo, triple time. carefully squared in the more elaborate ternary form ones. It is used in a horizontal pos i- A form of composition consisting of tion and is hollowed out from below three divisions combining two different so as to leave the ends two or three inches thick, and the top part or belly primary forms. The principal song form comes first, is followed by a sec only a few inches through. In the ond subordinate song-form in a softer belly are made two parallel length key, and is frequently called a trio, wise incisions, connected by a shorter then comes a repetition of the first one cro -wise. The two tongues left song-form in the original key. This between these incisions yield an inter is the most commonly used form and val of a third or fourth, fifth or sixth in it are written dances such as the or octave apart, in different instrupolonaise, gavotte, minuet and most ments. This drum is beaten by two of the old dances. sticks having the heads covered with ternary measure wool or an elastic gum. The instru- Three-fold measure; triple time: ment is used to mark the rhythm of time in which the number of beats to music or to form an imperfect ba . ter (tur) Lat. adv. fect time. is divisible by three; per a measure, Thrice: a direction meaning that a pa age or a verse, or part of a verse terpodion (tiir-po'-di-on)mentn. having a