C

Summary

C.(1) The note Ut in the Guidonian system and in modern French and Italian nomenclature.

—(2) The letter whose original form was afterwards modified into the C clef.

—(3) The first note of the Hypo-Eolian mode. The first note of the Ionian mode.

—(4) The first, or key note of the modern normal scale, so called because if it be desired to write down the scale now used, C is the only note from which the series can start unless sharps or flats be added.

—(5) A capital letter C signifies the note in the second space of the bass stave(TenorC). A small c signifies the note one octave above this, middle C. [Pitch.]

Cabaletta (Sp.) (Lit. a little horse.) A melody in rondo form, at first sung simply, afterwards with variations, probably so called because accompaniments to cabalettas were in triplet form like the noise made by a horse cantering.

Cabinet d'orgue (Fr.) Organ case.

Cabinet Pianoforte. An old-fashioned upright pianoforte, about six feet in height. [Pianoforte.]

Cabiscola (Lat.) A corruption of the words caput scholae. The praecentor in a choir (Prsecentor). In Narbonne and many parts of Italy, the office of capischol was held by the Dean.

Caccia (It.) Hunting. (1) Music accompanied by horns, or in praise of field sports, is said to be alia caccia, in the hunting style.