Discordant. A term applied to all discordant or
inharmonious sounds.
Discord&nte, It. (dg8-k0r-d»n-tg.) Discordant.
DISS

Discordantem^nte, It. (dSs-kOr-dan-tS-mffl«-

tg.) Discordantly.
Discord&nza, It. (des-kor-t^an-tsa.) Discord.
Discordare, It. (dss-kur-ya-rg.) I To be out



of tune.
Discorder, Fr. ^dis-kor-da.)

Discorde, Fr. (die-kOrd.) I ■n.-a-.-^

Discordia, Lat. (dis-A^r-dl-a.) f -"leco™-

Discord, prepared. Where the ear has been
prepared (or the discordant note in a previous
concord.
Discr^to, It. (dBB-Jra-to.) Discreetly.
Discrezione, It. j^dEs-krat-tse-a-ng.) Discretion,
judgment, moderation.
Dis-diapason, Gr. (dgz de-a-pa-sSn.) A donble
octave ; an interval of two octaves ; a fifteenth.
Dis dur, Ger. (dls door.) The key of Dg major,

Disenrs, Fr. pi. (dez-ur.) A name formerly given
to French itinerant vocalists who recited bfilads
and romances.
Disharmonie, Ger. (dis-har-mO-nS.) Dishar-
mony.
Disharmonisch, Ger. (dis-har-ma-nlsh.) in-
harmonious.
Disharmony. Discord, want of harmony.
Disinvdlto, /<. (dgz-Bn-»Si-tO.) I

DisinTOltnr&to, It. (dSz-gn-vBl-too-j-o-tO.) f
Off hand, bold, not forced, naturally.
Di^nnct. A term applied by the Greeks to those
tetrachords where the lowest sound of the upper
one was one degree higher than the acatest sound
of the one immediately beneath it.
Dis.iunct degree. Where two notes form the
interval of a third or any greater interval.
Disjunct succession. A succession of sounds
passing from one degree to another, without
touching the intermediate degrees.
Dis moll, Ger. (dis mOl.) The key of D sharp
minor.
Disonancla, Spa. (dSz-0-»iam-thg-a.) 1 Dieso-

Disonanza,' 7^. (dez-O-ndni-s'A.) (nance.
Disonare, It. (dgz-0-na-rg.) To sound discord-
antly.
Di soppiano. It. (de sOp-pg-a-nO.) Low; with
a low voice.
Di sopra. It. (dE sO-pra.) Above.
Disper&to, It. (dez-pg-ra-to.) Despaired of;
with desperation.
Disperazidne, It. (dez-pg-rat-sg-3-ng.) Despair,
desperation.
Dispersed harmony. Harmony in which the
notes forming the various chords are separated
from each other by wide Intervals.
Dispondee. In Greek and Latin poetry, a double
spondee, comprising four long syllables.
