repercotimento

It. n. (ra-per-ko-ti-men'-to) overtones an octave lower than with The rapid reiteration of a tone or the lower notes. For example, a mixchord, producing almost the same ture stop of this kind may sound the effect as a sustained tone, fifteenth, nineteenth and twenty-second tone above the note struck in the repercu a (re-pur-kus'-sa) Lat. n. lower part of the keyboard, but the The name given to the principal note of each of the Greg or i an modes. eighth, twelfth and fifteenth when the In the authentic modes it was the note played is in the higher portion first note of the octave, and in the of the keyboard. plagal it was the fifth, repetiteur Repeater;(ra-pa-te-tur') Fr. n. of an rehearser; trainer repercu io (re-pur-kus-shi'-6) Lat. n. opera chorus; private teacher; tutor; 1. The repetition of a chord or note. 2. The re-entry of subject after an critic. intervening pa age. See also reperrepetition cu ion. The rapid reiteration of a note, pro repercu ion ducing nearly the effect of a crescendo 1. The frequent reiteration in a on a sustained tone. The old harpers composition of a tone or chord. practised it and it was used in play- 2. The name of the dominant or ing the dulcimer and guitar. Erard's fifth note of the scale in Greg or i an double echapement or repetition acmusic, because it was repeated more tion made it easy on the piano, but than any other in a composition. his invention has been applied usually 3. The regular reappearance, in a to grand pianos only. In this kind of action the hammer falls back from composition in which a theme is introduced byone part and is imitated the string immediately after the key by the other parts in succe ion, of is depre ed and allows the string the subject and answer after the into be struck again before the key has troduction of other incidental dig res returned to its natural position. Though of great advantage such an theme. sions not founded upon the principal action is liable to get out of order because of the complex mechanism, repertoire (ra-per-twar') Fr. n. and the reiterated notes are not of Repertory: the list of works at one's very good tone because the key not command for performance; the pieces that have been mastered, and can be being depre ed so far, the sound pro given extemporaneously or after a duced is weaker. Equivalent to repelittle practise. timento (It.), repetizione (It.), Repetition (Ger.) and repetition (Fr.).