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bẹ̄-fā
n.
Additional spellings:
befa
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
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.
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2.
brẹ̄f
n.
25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A written communication, a letter; (b) a letter of authority or credentials; an authorization.
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gamut
n.
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Mus.
(a) The lowest tone in the hexachordal scale; (b) the entire hexachordal system.
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4.
likanos
n.
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Mus.
The third note in a Greek tetrachord.
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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).]
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podōrius
n.
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Mus.
?The hypodorian mode.
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7.
sē̆mitōn
n.
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Mus.
An interval approximating half a whole tone.
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8.
spāce
n.
256 quotations in 14 senses
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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
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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.
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