tat to (tat'-to) It. n

The sense of touch; finene of feeltedesca (te-des'-ka) It. adj. ing: in music, the distinctive quality German, as used in the direction of touch characteristic of different phrase, ali a tedesca, in the German musicians. style. According to Biilow this has tattoo reference to waltz rhythm and invites changes of time. In the army, the signal that brings soldiers to their quarters at night. It teeSee ta, te, tee, to. is given by either bugle or drum. tche (che) Chi. n. Teil (til) Ger. n. A part: as used in Teil Tone, part A Chinese stringed instrument. te or partial tones. 1. One of the syllables used by the telephone-harp A contrivance attached to a tele ancient Greeks in their system of phone, to enable large audiences to names for the different tones in the hear musical sounds, scale. It was the name of the parytell-tale pate, or second syllable of the tetrachord, or unit of four notes into In organ building the tell-tale is a which their scale was divided. small leaden weight on the side of 2. The name given to the seventh an organ case, hung on a cord pa tone, si, in the Tonic Sol-fa system. ing over a pulley. The other end of the cord is fastened to the cover of See also ta, te, tee, to. te (ta) Fr. n. the bellows, which, as the bellows The French name for C sharp. becomes empty, flattens down, draw- Same as ut diese. ingthe weight along a slot, thus ind i- Te Deum Laudamus (te de-iim lawc. v'ing the amount of wind in the da-miis or ta da-oom lou-dabellows. moos) Lat. tela (ta'-ma) It. n. The theme; the subject; the melody We praise thee, O God: a hymn of of a composition. praise of very early origin, in the form of a psalm, often attributed to temperament The division of the octaves in such St. Ambrose. It is sung in the Rointervals that practical harmony may man Catholic and Anglican Churches at the close of Matins, morning be produced easily. This has been prayer, on feast days, and Sun days, accomplished by dividing the octave except during penitential seasons. into twelve equal semitones; each not teatro (ta-a'-tro) It. n. quite accurate according to the mat he- A theatre; a play house. matical theory of music, but yet so technic nearly true that the difference is not noticeable to the ear. That which relates only to the mechanical side of vocal or instrumental On a piano and similar instrument, performance. It concerns the dexter- D sharp and E flat are representedD!ty of the hands, and the distinctne by the same black key. In reality, and perfection of shading, displayed sharp and E flat are not identical; if by the voice. a piano were so tuned that D sharp and E flat were each true to their 535 516 temperament tempo-mark acoustic measurement, the very slight tempo ali a breve (tem'-pd al'-la bra'- difference between them would reve) It. quire a separate key for each. But Time of the breve, which equals by disregarding the theoretic measure four whole notes; time in which there ment and using the black key between are four quarter notes and two act he two white keys D and E as either cents to the measure, played rather D sharp or E flat, a simple method of quickly. tuning has been devised. The system tempo ali a semibreve (tem'-pd al'-la now used, called equal temperament, sa-mi-bra'-ve) is the simplest yet devised. In the Time of the semibreve: time in old system of unequal temperament, which there are four quarter notes to some of the intervals, as the name the measure and which is played indicates, were tuned true and others moderately fast, not. This made changing from one tempo key to another much more compli- Duple bin a rio time: (tem'-po bi-na'-rl-o) time having It. two beats cated than at present. Called in to the measure. French, temperament (tan-pa-ra-man); tempo in Italian, tempera men to (tam-pe-rado) commodo It. (tem'-po kom-mo'- Comfortable time; convenient time: men'-to); and in German, temperatur in an easy moderate time, (tam-pe-ra-to or'). tempestosamente (tem-pes-to-sa-men'- tempo debole (tem'-po da'-bo-le) te) It. adv. Weak time; weak beat: the unac- Stormily; furiously: to be rendered cented part of a measure, impetuously, pa ionately. tempo Time diofballo the (tem'-po ballo; indedance bal'-lo) It. time; tempestoso (tem-pes-to'-s5) It. adj. rather quick. Tempestuous; impa ioned; rendered in an impa ioned style. tempola'-ro) di bolero Spa. (tem'-po de) It.; (botempete (tan-pet) Fr. n. In the time of a bolero: having the Storm; tempest: a Paris i an dance, somewhat like a quadrille, in which rhythm of a bolero, that is, three the dancers were in parties of four quarter notes to the measure, and a lively rate of speed. couples, two couples side by side facing two opposite couples. The step tempo di cappella pel'-la) It. (tem'-po de kapwas like the quadrille step, varied In church time. The same as sometimes by the gallop introduced in the cro ing of couples to each tempo ali a breve. other's places, or advancing to the tempo di minuet to noo-et'-to) It. (tem'-po de me lines of the next set. This is usually danced to music in two-four time and In the time of the minuet: the presquick tempo. ent meaning of this term is similar to allegretto, a rather lively time,