tarantella

A southern (ta-ran-tel'-la) It. n. which Italian dance 2. The keys, the finger-board or keyboard of instruments of organ and takes its name from the city of Tarpiano species. entum, in Apulia. It is fabled var i- Taste (tas'-te) Ger. ously to cure, and to be the result of From the verb tasten, to touch. the bite of the tarantula. The music The instrument.of a piano, organ or other key is in six-eight time and continually increases in speed with irregular al- Tastenbrett (tas'-ten-bret) Ger. n. tern a tions of minor and major. It is Literally, touch, or keyboard; hence, danced by a man and woman, or two the finger-board or the keyboard of women who play castanets and tam an instrument. bourines, and formerly it was sung. The old form was in two-four or Tastenschwanz n. (tas'-ten-shvants) Ger. four-four time. As a form for brilliant solo pieces it has been much The board extremity instruments.of the keys on key used by modern composers, among them being Chopin and Liszt. Tap ten stab chen Ger. n. (taV - ten - step'-khen)