fiducia (fi-doo'-cha) It. n

Confidence. 2. An interval consisting of five degrees including the extremes, as A Fiedel (fe'-dl) Ger. n. to E. Three whole tones and one Fiddle; violin. semitone. Fiedelbogen (fe'-dl-bokh-en) Ger. n. fifth, augmented Fiddlestick; violin-bow. The interval of a fifth widened by 221 202 fifth, augmented figured ba lowering the lower, or raising the figurate counterpoint upper, note a half-step, as A flat to The opposite of simple counter- E, or A to E sharp. point; characterized by une ential fifth, diminished notes; florid, The interval of a fifth narrowed by figuration raising the lower, or lowering the 1. In counterpoint, or music for upper, note a half step, as A sharp several voices, the interpolation of to E, or A to E flat. comparatively rapid pa ages into fifth, naked the naturally plain structure of such See naked fifth. music; its ornamentation with unesfifth, perfect sential notes. The interval between the first and 2. In general composition the proc fifth, or keynote and dominant of any e of elaborating a theme by vary diatonic scale, which is a natural scale. ing it with ornamental pa ages such fifth, reed as runs, or by transforming single See reed fifth. notes into florid pa ages. fifths, consecutive 3. The preparation ^ of a figured Intervals of fifths following each ba , that is, the writing of the ba other in close succe ion. They are part of the harmony alone and the not allowed in strict harmony. indication of the chords by placing fifthy above it figures denoting the intervals Having especially prominent as a to be observed. Also the filling out tone, the second harmonic, which is of a figured ba by substituting notes the fifth above the octave of the for the figures. generator, that is, it is twelve degrees figurato (fe-goo-ra'-to) It. adj. above the tone which produces the Figured; relating to the ornamental series of harmonics. portions of musical compositions. Synonym of figurate (It),