duree (dti-ra') Fr. n

Duration: continuance; the timedysphony (dis'-fo-ni) Eng. n. from value, as of a note, Grk. Literally, hard, or ill; sound, or durement (dur-man') Fr. adv. voice. A medical term denoting a Harshly, hardly, sharply. difficulty in producing vocal sounds; durezza (doo-ret'-tsa) It. n. a voice weakened or injured by phys i- Sternne , hardne : harshne of cal conditions. tone or expre ion. duro (doo'-ro) It. adj. Dystonie (des-to-ne') A discord; Ger. n. i. e., a a false intonation, Hard, harsh in tone, note played or sung in variance from durus (du'-riis) Lat. adj. the true pitch. Hard, durable, stable, standard: dzwiek (dzvek) Pol. n. hence, major, as in cantus durus, a Sound. 199 E E E major 1. The third tone of the scale C The major key whose major, that is, of the scale which has C for the keynote or first degree and signature is four sharps. See also E. 39$^ or has the interval of a major third, two E major chord. whole tones between C and the third The chord E, G sharp degree, namely, E. This scale is conand B. It consists of E £ major sidered the typical diatonic scale be the fundamental note, on cause it nece itates no sharps or flats which the chord is built, to bring about the succe ion of tones G sharp its major third, or two and and semitones required to make a one-half degrees above it, and B a complete diatonic scale. perect fifth or three and one- 2. The name of one of the major half degrees above it. keys, that is, of one of the keys hav- E minor ing the interval of a major third, two The minor key whose sig-:* whole tones between the first and the nature is one sharp; relative or third degrees, in this instance E and to the key of G major. See G. The key of E major nece itates also E. the use of four sharps, C sharp, D E minor chord sharp, F sharp and G sharp in its The chord E, G and B. It E minor signature to obtain the proper diaconsists of E, the fundamental note tonic succe ion of intervals. on which the chord is built.G, a minor 3. The name of one of the minor third, or three half tones above it, keys, that is, the name of that key and B, a perfect fifth or three and which has E for a keynote or first degree and has the interval of a minor one-half tones above it. E moll (a moll) Ger. P3E third, one whole tone and a half tone The key of E minor. between E and G, the first and the third degrees. It is called the relative Ee poi And lathen sharp coda the(a coda. po'-e la ko'-da) It. minor of G major because each key requires the use of one sharp, F sharp, The note E raised a half step by in order to obtain the succe ion of tones and semitones required to make means of a sharp (f); same tone as F. a complete diatonic scale. ear1. In a musical sense, the power to