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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
Summary
R, abb. for right, as r.h., with the right hand.
Rabanna, or Rabani. A kind of Indian drum, of a small size, beaten by the hand.
Rabbia, con (It.) With fury.
Rackett, Rankett. (1) An obsolete windinstrument of the double bassoon kind, it had ventages but not keys. It was not of an extended compass, being incapable of producing harmonics. It was a double-reed instrument, the reed being at the end of a tube through which the player blew. The tone was nasal and produced with difficulty. The rackett was improved by Denner at the beginning of the last century, but was not able to hold its own against the then much superior bassoon. (2) An organ stop of 16 ft. or 8 ft. pitch now obsolete.
Raddolcendo, Raddolcente (It.) With gradual softness and sweetness.
Raddoppiamento, Raddoppiato (It.) The doubling of an interval or part.
Radical bass. The fundamental bass, ground note, or root of a chord.
Ragoke. A small Russian horn.
Rags, Raginees. Certain Hindoo melodies founded on fixed scales. They were of three kinds, sumpoornu, or those comprising seven notes in a determined succession; khadoo, or such as comprised six notes; oodoo, or those comprising only five notes.
Rail., abb. for rallentando.
Rallentamento (It.) At a slower pace.
Rallentando, Rallentato (It.) Getting gradually slower.
Rank of pipes. A row of pipes (of an organ) belonging to one stop. A stop is said to be of two, three, four, or five ranks, according to the number of rows of pipes under the control of its one register.
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- A Dictionary of Musical Terms , pp. 374 - 382Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009