point

31. Old name for note. Vide NOTATION. 2. A dot. 3. Staccato mark. 4. Head of a bow. 5. The entrance of an important theme. 6. To divide words for chanting, hence pointing. 7. organ-point. Vide PEDAL-POINT. 8. Vide sicns. (In French pronounced pwin.) A dot. p. détaché (da-td-sha). Staccato mark. p. sur téte (siir-tét). Dot above or below a note. p. d’arrét (dair-ré’), or p. de repos (du rii-pd). A hold. p. d’augmentation (dégman-tas-yén). A dot of augmentation. p. final (fi-nal’). Final pause. p. d’orgue (dérg). 1. A hold, hence also a cadenza or flourish. 2. Pedal point.