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A symbol (x) raising a note two semitones. d. note. breve, d.time. (a) 2-4 time. (b) ' In the army ‘a running step or cadence of 180 to the minute..d. con‘certo or sonata. A° concerto. or sonata for two solo instrs., as violin and piano. d. octave. An interval of a 15th or 2 octaves. d. quartet. Eight singers. d. chorus. ©Two choirs. d. after note. 2 after-notes. d. beat. A beat repeated. d. shake or trill. Two notes (3ds or 6ths) shaken together. d. backfall. An old grace. d. relish, vide RELISH. d. suspension. The suspension of two notes of achord. d. triplet. A sextole. d. pedal. Pedal-point on 2 notes. double bar. Two thin or thick lines vertically cleaving the stave to show the end of a’ major part, or of the whole composition. *‘doubled” is used of notes repeated in the octave or in other instruments, as “the ’cellos are d. by the bas-. goons.” Concerning the double letters (AA, BB, etc., or D.A, D.B, etc.), vide pitcH. In England d. is applied to the tones from G to F inclusive. 4. Deeper by an octave. d. ba oon. An instr. an octave lower than the ba oon. Its compa extends from B,,b to F. d.bourdon. A 32-ft. stop. d.diapason. A stop an octave below diapason, 16-ft. on the manuals, 32-{t. on the pedals. d. dulciana. A 16-ft. dulciana. d. hautboy. A 16-ft. stop. 5. double counterpoint and d. descant refer to parts so written that they may be inverted..Vide counTERPOINT. d. fugue. A fugue with 2 subjects. 6. double stopping. The playing of two or more stringed instr. notes at once on a d.-stopped diapason. A double diapason with covered pipes.