portar (por-tar') It

Carry: used in giving instructions, 1. On instruments like the violin position portar la battuta (por-tar' la bat-too'- position means the place of the left ta) It. Literally, hand on the finger-board. low the time,carry the beat: hence fol- 2. In chords this means the arrangement of the notes of the chord with portar la voce (por-tar' la vo'-che) It. reference to the lowest note. Abbr., Literally, carry the voice: hold the voice. port at if (por-tl-tef) Fr. n. position, close portativ (por-ta-tef) Ger. n. Referring to chords, this means that porative Eng. n. the pos. notes composing the chord are close together; that is, that the upper Literally, portable: the name given notes do not extend beyond the octave to an organ that can be carried or of the note on which the chord is moved, as opposed to one that is per based. manently fixed, port a to (por-ta-to) It. position, dispersed Carried; sustained. Said of chords when the notes comprising them are far apart and extend portee (por-ta') Fr. n. beyond an octave. Also called open Literally, a range: the staff, porter la voix (por-ta la vwa) Fr. position, To carry the voice, that is, to glide position, first smoothly and by imperceptible de- That position of the left hand on grees from a low note to a high, or the finger-board of a violin, or similar from a high note to a low one, skip instrument in which the hand is near- Ping no intermediate notes. This est the nut, that is, the small bridge manner of handling the voice or an at the upper end of the finger board instrument is called portamento, over which the strings pa to the portunal flute screws, and the forefinger pre ing the first tone or semitone of the open string. An open organ stop produc clarinet tone. Its pipe is wider ing at the a wp than at the bottom, position, fundamental Said of chords when the note on fortunen (por-too'-nen) Ger. n. which the chord is built is the lowest Bourdon. See also Bordon. note of the chord,