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An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.

A small threestringed viol; a rebec. Moore (Encyc. of Music). All can be play on gittern or ribible. Chaucer.

Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. Brande & C. There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets. Walpole.

A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary work or musical composition.

A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end. Moore (Encyc. of Music. ).

To practice making music with bells. Holder.

To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.

shore, or coast. [Archaic] Spenser. From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.

f rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities. -- Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordag…

A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

f the other strains. "The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction." Grove.

To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.

required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.] Moore (Encyc. of Music).

A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.

p; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.] J. P. Mahaffy.

A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.

Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. "Saracenic music." Sir W. Scott.

The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.