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1. bẹ̄-fā n.

Additional spellings: befa
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Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on Fut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C.

2. brẹ̄f n.

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(a) A written communication, a letter; (b) a letter of authority or credentials; an authorization.

3. gamut n.

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Mus. (a) The lowest tone in the hexachordal scale; (b) the entire hexachordal system.

4. likanos n.

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Mus. The third note in a Greek tetrachord.

5. minim n.

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Mus. A note intermediate between the semibreve and the crotchet, prob. equivalent to a modern half-note. [See also minute n.(2).]

6. podōrius n.

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Mus. ?The hypodorian mode.

7. sē̆mitōn n.

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Mus. An interval approximating half a whole tone.

8. spāce n.

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(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph…

9. ū̆t n.

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Mus. The first note or degree of Guido d’Arezzo’s hexachords; ut la; ef fa ut; ge-sol-re ut, q.v.