Lexicon of Hebrew Musical Terms

Mod = Modena, Mos = Moscato, p1–p3 = Portaleone (sections 1–3) followed by reference to sentence or sentences

Latin Letters a aria, to the tune. Mod:49 acuti e gravi, acute [high] and grave [low] sounds. p1:26 al tashḥet, do not destroy (a mode of song). p1:5 armonia, melody/harmony. p1:14, 27–28 armonia doria, Dorian mode. Mos:65 armonia frigia, Phrygian mode. Mos:65 armonia ionica, Ionian mode. Mos:65 armonia lidia, Lydian mode. Mos:65 armonia perfetta, perfect harmony. p1:65 arpa, harp. p2:1, 11–12, 15 ashrei, happiness (a mode of song). p1:5

ʿalamot, [possibly an instrument] (a mode of song). p1:5 ʿarakhim, ratios. See under ʿerekh ʿarukh, ordered. Mos:16, 60, 115, 165 ʿarukhot, ordered. p1:17 ʿasirit, tenth. Mos:49 ʿasor, ten-string lyre. Mos:92, 207 ʿatzei veroshim, wooden cypress clappers. p1:2 be-fe, vocally. Mod:7, 17–18, 27, 30–31, 34 be-mana, instrumentally. Mod:17 berakhah, blessing (a mode of song). p1:5 consonanza, consonance. Mos:5, 14. p1:32–33, 45 consonanze, consonances. Mos:37, 39. p1:43 consonanze imperfette, imperfect consonances. p1:62–63 consonanze perfette, perfect consonances. p1:62–63 consonanze shelemot, perfect consonances. p1:62 consonanze bilti shelemot, imperfect consonances. p1:62 lexicon of hebrew musical terms 347 darga, [the cantillation sign] darga. p1:76 diapason, diapason/octave. Mos:8. p1:41–42, 58, 63, 65–66, 68, 70; p2:8 diapason meshulash, triple octave. p1:70 diapason triplicato, triple octave. p1:70 diapente, fifth. Mos:10. p1:33, 37, 41, 65, 68; p2:8 diapente gadol, major [perfect] fifth. p1:53, 63 diapente katan, minor [diminished] fifth. p1:52, 64 diapente perfetto, perfect fifth. p1:66, 70 diapente shalem, perfect fifth. p1:66, 70 diaphibsis [diapausis], repose/rest. p1:42 diatessaron, fourth. Mos:9. p1:33, 35, 41 diatessaron gadol, major [augmented] fourth. p1:51, 64 diatessaron katan, minor [perfect] fourth. p1:50, 63 diatonon, diatonic. p1:4 disdiapason, double octave. p1:70 dissonanti, dissonant. p1:62, 86 ditono, ditone/major third. p1:34, 65–66, 70 ditono gadol, ditone/major third. p1:49, 63 ditono katan, minor third. p1:63 divrei shir, words of song. p3:5 divrei tushbaḥot, words of praise. Mod:37 doriʾi, Dorian. p1:4 egsacordo [esacordo], hexachord/sixth. p1:39; p2:8 egsacordo [esacordo] gadol, major hexachord/sixth. p1:55, 63 egsacordo [esacordo] katan, minor hexachord/sixth. p1:54, 63 eikhut, quality. p1:86 enharmoniʾon, enharmonic. p1:4 eptacordo, heptachord/seventh. p1:40 eptacordo gadol, major heptachord/seventh. p1:57, 64 eptacordo katan, minor heptachord/seventh. p1:56, 64 etnaḥta, [the cantillation sign] etnaḥta. p1:76

ʿedut, testimony (a mode of song). p1:5 ʿerekh, arrangement. Mod:1 ʿerekh, ratio. Mos:5, 7–11, 14, 17, 20, 40, 60–61, 88, 130, 160 ʿerekh, relation. p1:13, 29, 45 ʿerekh, relationship. p1:25 ʿerekh mesuddar, ordered ratio. Mos:114 ʿerekh nigguni, harmonic ratio. Mos:42, 179