Exercise

(Ger. bung, U’bung tiick; Fr. exercice; It. eserci’sio.) A short technical study, often consisting of but one repeated measure, for training the fingers (or vocal organs) to overcome some special difficulty; also, a short study in composition, consisting of an outline (e. g. a figured ba , or a cantus Jirmus) to be filled out harmonically or ‘contrapuntally by the student. Exhaust-pallet or -valve. A valve opened by a draw-stop, to let off the wind in the bellows after playing; an evacuant.