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from Grk. Eng. n. dolce It. maniera (dol'-che ma-ne-a'-ra) A group of twelve equal notes; An agreeable, expre ive style, especially, such a group played in the dolcemente (dol-che-men'-te) It. adv. tune of eight in the regular rhythm. Sweetly, softly. 187 168 dolcezza dominant section its keynote: e. g., the note G is the dolcezza (d61-chet'-tsa) It. n. dominant in the scale of C, and the Sweetne ; softne ; con dolcezza, softly, sweetly, gently. key of G, as related to the key of C, is the key of the dominant; which is so Dolcian (dol'-tsi-an) Ger. n. called because, to ascertain the key dolci an a (dol-chi-a'-na) It. n. of a pa age, some chord must have 1. An instrument of the fagotto or ba oon type, having a milder tone this note for its root, or foundation than the ordinary ba oon in use in note. The dominant is second in imthe Sixteenth and Seventeenth Cenportance only to the tonic, or keyturies. note; and the chord of the dominant 2. An organ reed stop of eight or seventh, based upon this tone as its ten foot pitch, that is so tuned as to root, ordinarily determines the key of produce as its lowest tone one, two or the pa age in which this chord three octaves below middle C. The occurs. It is of especial importance same as dulciana. in the formation of cadences, because here the keynote must be clearly dolci a to (dol-cha'-to) It. adj. marked; and its tendency to dominate Softened; made milder. the other notes in the common chord dolcimello (dol-chi-mel'-lo) It. n. is so strong that writers for orchestra The dulcimer: a stringed in strum ake it a point to a ign other notes ment found in various forms among in that chord to more of the instrumost of the ancient nations; consistments than they give the dominant. ing primarily of a wooden frame and In fugues, when the subject begins a sounding-box over which strings with the keynote the answer begins were stretched and played by striking with hammers or mallets. with the dominant, and the reverse. In the sonata, the second subject dolci no (dol-che'-no) It. n. formerly began with the dominant in 1. An instrument of the fagotto or ba oon type in use during the Six almost every instance; and this alter a tee nth and Seventeenth Centuries, tion of keynote with dominant is with a milder tone than the ordinary noticeable in many other kinds of ba oon. musical composition. 2. In the Greg or i an modes, the 2. An organ reed stop of eight or note on which the chant or recitative sixteen foot pitch. is sung. The Greg or i an chant was dolci imo (dol-chis'-sl-mo) It. adj. divided into five parts: the intonation, Exceedingly sweet and soft. Abbr. the first reciting note or dominant, dolcis. the mediation, the second reciting dolemment (do-lem-mai i') Fr. adv. note or dominant and the ending. Dolefully, plaintively. Every verse of a canticle began with dolendo (do-len'-do) It. adj. an intonation, but only the first verse Doleful, mournful. of a psalm. The remainder was dolentemente (do-len-tS-men'-tS) It. divided so that all the rest was recited adv. on the dominants except as much as Dolefully, sorrowfully, would have one syllable to each note