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To play or sing out of tune. Words apart. Dialogue in_ two parts. A musical dialogue, intro- From the Italian, dito, finger. A key duced as an episode into the drama *°t the finger, which, when pre ed, of ancient times. 185 166 divertimento do maggiore divertimento (de-ver-te-men'-to) It. n. division du temps (de - vez - yon dfi 1. A musical diversion; a series of tai i) Fr. songs or dances inserted in operas 1. Division of time strokes or beats. and plays. 2. A time table; a list of the several 2. In fugue, an episode. notes in music showing their relative Equivalent to diverti ement. lengths or durations. division mark diverti ement (de-ver'-tes-man) Fr. The slur with its attendant figure 1. A musical diversion; a series of songs or dances inserted in operas used in designating the triplet, or and plays. other groups of notes, to be played 2. In fugue, an episode. in the time of a group of different Equivalent to divertimento. number in the regular rhythm of the divide composition; such as three in the To run a division; to execute a time of two, or five in the time of four, division, or elaborate series of notes, which, in vocal music, were intended division-viol to be sung to one syllable. See also 1. A violin having frets upon the division. fingerboard. divided accompaniment 2. The viol da gamba. Dixie Accompaniment in which the intervals are taken by both hands. A sim- A song written as a "walk around" ple instance of this is seen in certain by Dan Emmett, an Ohioan, and first church hymns where the tenor and sung at Dan Bryant's minstrel show ba are too far apart for the left on Broadway, N. Y., a year or two hand to play both parts; the tenor before the Civil War. It was sung part is therefore played by the right by both armies during the war, but hand, particularly by the Confederates, and divided stops was regarded national song. by them as their A divided stop is one in which the treble and ba are brought into use dixie me (dez-yam') Fr. n. by two separate draw stops. For the The interval of a tenth, that is, an sake of economy, the ba portion of interval of an octave plus a third; an some divided stops is used with an octave plus two whole tones, other treble stop of limited compa . do (do) It. n. The Italian name for the first of divis i (de-ve'-ze) It. adj. the syllables used in naming the A term used in orchestral scores, where parts for two different in strut ones of the scale. In the Are tin i an ments are written on the same stave, system ut was used instead of do, and indicating the separate performance this is still the name applied in of such pa ages. Where the instru- France. The change from ut to do ments are expected to play in unison dates from the Seventeenth Century. again, the score is marked, a due, In the fixed do system, do always meaning for two. Abbr. div. stands for C. In the movable do divisio modi (di-vizh -T-o mo'-dl) Lat. system it is the first tone of any A point used as a sign of sep a ram a jor scale. It is spelled doh in the tion, equivalent to the modern bar; Tonic Sol-fa system. now obsolete, do The bemolle division note C(doflat,ba-mol'-le) It. 1. The separation of an octave into do bemolle maggiore (do ba-mol'-le intervals. mad-jor'-§) 2. In Seventeenth and Eighteenth The key of C flat major, Century music, a rapid vocal or do The diesis instrumental pa age, considered as a note(doC de-a'-sis) sharp, It. dividing of slow notes into fast ones. do diesis jo'-re) maggiore It. (do de-a'-sis mad*- The term was applied to a variation, but more especially to such color a- The key of C sharp major. tura effects as are frequently found do diesis minore (do de-a'-sis me-no'- in Handel's oratorios; florid pasre) It. sages to be sung in one breath to a The key of C sharp minor, single syllable. do maggiore (do mad-jo'-re) It. 3. (Fr.) A double bar. The key of C major. 186 167 do minore dolcemente do minore (do-me-no'-re) It. doglia (dol'-ya) It. n. The key of C minor, Sorrow, grief, sadne . Doh do naturale (do na-too-ra'-le) It. The Do of the Tonic Sol-fa system. C natural, do-re-mi doi (do'-e) It. adj. The first three of the syllables used Two. Same as due. in vocalizing the scale according to doigte (dwa-ta') Fr. adj. various systems growing out of the Fingered; marked by figures or Are tin i an method, ascribed to Guido signs to indicate the fingering of a composition. D'Arezzo, (otherwise Are tin us). They are derived from certain syllables doigte fourchu (dwa-ta foor-shii') Fr. beginning the ascending phrases of a Cro fingering; a term used in the Latin hymn to St. John, much sung playing of various wind instruments, by the monks of the Tenth Century, such as the flute, oboe and others. which ran as follows: "Ut queant, doigter (dwa-ta') To finger Fr. an instrument, in playing lax is, Res on are fibris, Mira gestorum Famuli tuorum Solve polluti Labii doigts Fixed fixes (dwa-fek-sa') fingers. Fr. reatum." The syllable do, being dolcan easier to sing, later took the place of ut, and with the completion of the An organ stop of soft, sweet tone modern scale, the syllable si was and of medium pitch, the lowest tone added to the six of the original hex a being two octaves below middle C. chord of D'Arezzo's time. These The name is used interchangeably syllables have been used in a number with dulciana, although the latter is of countries as the names of the often composed of pipes, fitted with tones of the scale of C; but in general reeds for producing the sounds. The have been used to represent the dolcan does not nece arily have respective degrees of the scale in any reeds, but may be composed of flute key, and hold their place for use in pipes narrow at the mouth, and wider vocal exercises and elementary study at the top. This peculiar shape gives of music, especially in public schools. the tone a reedy quality. Docke (dok-e) Ger. n. dolce (dol'-che) It. adj. Part of the hammer-like device 1. adj. Sweet, soft. which strikes the string in the action 2. An organ stop of soft tone of a harpsichord or piano; a jack. whose lowest tone is the C below Doctor of Music middle C and which sounds as written The higher of the two musical or played, that is when this stop is degrees conferred by various univeron and middle C key is struck middle sities, usually an honorary one. The C sounds. Abbr. dol. lower degree is Bachelor of Music. dolce con gusto (dol'-che kon-goos'- In England, Doctor of Music may be to) It. with taste. attained by pa ing an examination. Sweetly; Abbr. Mus. Doc, Mus. D. dolcebi-le) It. e cantabile (dol'-che a kan-ta'-