Nabla νάβλα (Gk.) [Nebel.]

Nablium (Lat.) [Nebel.]

Nacaire (Fr.) A large drum.

Naccare or Gnaccare (It.) [Castanets.]

Nacchera (It.) A military drum. [Nakeres.]

Naccherone (It.) A large military drum.

Nachahmung (Ger.) [Imitation.]

Nachdruck (Ger.) Emphasis, accent.

Nachspiel (Ger.) A postlude.

Nächstverwandte Töne (Ger.) The nearest Relative Keys, q. v.

Nacht-horn (Ger.) Literally “Nighthorn,” an organ stop consisting of stopped wood pipes of a moderately large scale, the tone of which is somewhat like that of a horn.

Nænia (Lat.) A funeral song of the Romans, mentioned in the laws of the twelve tables. “Honoratorum virorum laudes in concione memorantor; easque næniæ ad Tibicinem prosequuntor.

Nafiri. An Indian trumpet.

Nagaret or Nagareet. An Abyssinian drum; a kind of kettledrum. [Nakeres.]

Naguar. An Indian drum with one head only.

Naïf (Fr.) Simple, naïvement, artlessly, unaffectedly.

Nail Violin. [Eisen violine.]

Naked fifth. The interval of a fifth without a third.

Naked fourth. The interval of a fourth without the addition of any other interval.

Naker. A drum. [Nakeres.]

Nakeres (Old Eng.) The explanations of this word given by various authors are somewhat conflicting! Albert Way, in his edition of the “Promptorium Parvulorum,” considers the word identical with the nagarah, or drum of the Arabs arid Moors. Joinville speaks of the minstrels of the Soudan “qui avoient cors Sarrazinois, et tabours, et nacaires.” Most probably nakeres were small metal drums, used in pairs.