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471 short octave sharp, accidental inhand moves up toward the bridge, and in which the piece is written the isnote the forefinger pre es the same place troduced, it is written before that was pre ed by the second in the which it affects. Such a sharp is called an accidental, and it affects all first position. shift, last the notes of this same name in that The shift or position of the left bar unle revoked. Some musicians hand, in violin playing, nearest the contend that when the last note in a lower end of the instrument. bar is affected by an accidental, and is tied to a note of the same pitch shift, third in the next bar, the accidental holds One of the positions, of the left over to that note also; others say that hand on the finger-board of the vioan accidental affects only the notes in lin. In the third shift the first finger the bar in which it occurs. is on the note B. This is also called sharp, double the double shift, but the term position, written is now more often used and the third The sign X, formerly shift corresponds with the fourth *«,+.X.X " 3* placed before a note to indicate that position. shift, whole The third position of the left hand it is to be raised two semitones, which in violin playing, shifting is equal to a whole tone. Thus C X is D. A term applied to the left hand of sharp, sixth the violin player when in any position Another name for the German sixth but the first. or augmented sixth. shivaree shawm A contraction or corruption, of An obsolete instrument, the precursor of the oboe, having a double be at charivari, meaning a burlesque sereing reed mouthpiece. This name was nade, consisting of various loud, harsh given to the treble members of the noises, beating on tin pans, blowing pommer family in which the reed was of horns, voices of animals, a custom incased in a cupped mouthpiece and practised in some rural districts for there blown upon. Whereas, in the the annoyance of bridal couples. oboe the reed is placed immediately shofar (sho'-far) Heb. n. within the mouth. See also pommer. shophar (sho'-far) Heb. n. sheminith (shem'-i-mth) Heb. n. The only strictly Jewish instrument A word which carries with it a still used by the race. It is a ram's variety of meanings. horn straightened during the applica- 1. An Hebraic instrument furnished tion of extreme heat, and is sounded with strings which were plucked. in the synagogue during the service. 2. Indefinitely, a species of their short appoggiatura music. or note of embellish- 3. A particular part of a compos i- A grace ment. It isnote written smaller than the tion or a section of a composition. e ential note and with a stroke shepherd's flute through the stem, and is played very A wind instrument used by shepquickly before its principal note. See herds in whiling away their time. The also appoggiatura. name is either applied to a reed or short hallelujah meter grain stalk, blown into at one end and A stanza of six lines, having a short somewhat resembling the flute, or to then a long syllable to every measure. such a stalk in which a strip has been The same as short particular meter. cut and vibrates when blown against, short meter as shift the reeds of the clarinet or oboe, A stanza of four lines in iambic measure, that is, having a short then In_ playing the violin or other sima long mor short syllable to den each measure. t. ilar instruments, a change of position of the left hand, in which the fore- An embellishment or non-e ential finger shortens the string, thus raising case its pitch. The first change in pos i group of notes consisting in the over of the short mordent, of the note shift, tion half is called simply the shift, which the sign is placed, and the The second position of the left note below it. See also mordent, short octave hand in violin playing, that is, the left A name applied to the lower notes 491 472 short octave si scriva in old organs where some of the notes quality of the tone. In the fixed do were omitted. In order to avoid the system si always stands for B, in the expense of large pipes, English organ movable do system for the seventh builders used only the most import one of the major scale. In the Tonic tant notes between C on the second Sol-fa system the seventh tone is te. line below the ba clef, to G on the 2. (pron.) An indefinite pronoun used fourth space below. A common aras we use the words: one, people, it, range ment was as follows: G, C and in such expre ions as: one knows, D white keys, and A, a black key be people say, it is said. In music it tween C and D. occurs in such terms of direction as short particular meter si voltr., turn over, one turns over; Stanza of six lines, having a short si libet, it pleases at pleasure. then a long syllable to each measure. si The be mol note(se B ba-mul') Fr. Same as hallelujah meter. flat. short score Fr. majeur (se ba-mul' ma-zhfir') Any abridged arrangement of a full si bemol score. This may be: The key of B flat major, 1. An arrangement of all the parts of the composition for one instrument, si bemol Fr. mineur (se ba-mul' me-nfir') as the organ or the violin. Also The key of B flat minor.