DIAPASON

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Music, an interval used by most authors to expre the octave of the Greeks. By one of the boldest metaphors with which we are acquainted, Dryden has beautifully availed himself of this expre ion in the well-known stanza of his first Ode to St. Cecilia's Day: — From harmony, fl-om heavenly harmony, This universal frame began; From harmony to harmony Through ajfthe compa of the notes it ran. The diapason closing full in man. For an account of the diapason in the organ pipes, see Organ. DIAPENTE. {Gr.hBt, and iriyn,five.) In Music, an ancient term signifying a fifth. D [s. 350]