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For orchestral music they use a Hofkonzert (hof'-kon-tsert') Ger. n. Court concert. perpendicular staff, with no dist inch of lich (haf'-likh') Ger. adj. tion of keys, and with the length of Courteous; polite; graceful. time given to each note indicated at the side. A curious fact about the Hoflichkeit (haf'-likh-kit) Ger. n. Chinese orchestra is that they play Grace; politene ; courtesy. by ear. Hofmusikant (hof'-moo-ze-kant') Ger. Before the year 1100 it is probable Court musician. that the Chinese used the Pentatonic n. • scale — a scale consisting of a com- Hoforganist n. (hof'-6rkh-an-est') Ger. bin at i on of five fixed sounds, but in that year an F sharp and B natural Court organist. were added. This scale was used until Hohe (ha'-e) Ger. n. the beginning of the Fourteenth Cen- Literally, height; hence, pitch. In tury A. D. After the Mongolian die Hohe gehen, means to go up, to invasion a scale with F natural was ascend. introduced; but there was so much Hoheit (ho'-hlt) Ger. n. _ confusion between F and F sharp Dignity; highne ; loftine . that all semitones were abolished and Hohlflote (hol'-fla-te) Ger. n. a regular Pentatonic scale of five Literally, hollow flute: organ stops tones, C, D, F, G and A, adopted, of various pitches composed of pipes hlud A. S. adj. of wide diameter open at the top. Loud. The tone quality is mellow but rather Hoboe (ho-bo'-e) Ger. n. hollow, hence, the name. These stops A German name for oboe or hautboy. are useful for blending with other varieties. Hoboist (ho-bo-isf) Ger. n. Hohlpfeifen (hol'-pfl-fen) Ger. n. One who plays the oboe. Literally, hollow pipes: a name Hoboy given to the Hohlflote stops of high Same (ho-bo'-e) as Hoboe. Ger. n. hoch (hokh) Ger. adj. pitch. Hohlquinte (hol'-kwin-te) Ger. n. High; grand; great. An organ stop composed of pipes hochfeierlich having a tone quality similar to that adj. or adv.(hokh'-fi'-ar-Kkh) Ger. of the Hohlflote but pitched a fifth Exceedingly solemn. higher than the ordinary pitch of the Hochgesang keys which sound them. Ode; hymn. (hokh'-ge-zang) Ger. n. hoket