Musical Instruments.
Instrumenta musica.
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_Musical Instruments_ are
those which make a sound:
_Musica instrumenta_ sunt
quæ edunt vocem:
First,
when they are beaten upon,
as a _Cymbal_, 1. with a _Pestil_,
Primò,
cum pulsantur,
ut _Cymbalum_, 1. _Pistillo_,
a _little Bell_, 2.
with an _Iron pellet_ within;
or _Rattle_, 3.
by tossing it about:
_Tintinnabulum_, 2.
intus _Globulo ferreo_,
_Crepitaculum_, 3.
circumversando;
a _Jews-Trump_, 4.
being put to the mouth,
with the fingers;
a _Drum_, 5.
and a _Kettle_, 6.
with a _Drum-stick_, 7.
_Crembalum_, 4.
ori admotum,
Digito;
_Tympanum_, 5.
& _Ahenum_, 6.
_Claviculâ_, 7.
as also the _Dulcimer_, 8.
with the _Shepherds-harp_, 9.
and the _Tymbrel_, 10.
ut & _Sambuca_, 8.
cum _Organo pastoritio_, 9.
& _Sistrum_ (Crotalum), 10.
Secondly,
upon which _strings_
are stretched, and struck upon,
Secundò,
in quibus _Chordæ_
intenduntur & plectuntur
as the _Psaltery_, 11.
and the _Virginals_, 12.
with both hands;
ut _Nablium_, 11.
cum _Clavircordio_, 12.
utrâque manu;
the _Lute_, 13.
(in which is the _Neck_, 14.
the _Belly_, 15,
the _Pegs_, 16.
_Testudo_ (Chelys), 13.
(in quâ _Jugum_, 14.
_Magadium_, 15.
& _Verticilli_, 16.
by which the _Strings_, 17.
are stretched
upon the _Bridge_, 18.)
quibus _Nervi_, 17.
intenduntur
super _Ponticulam_, 18.)
the _Cittern_, 19.
with the right hand only,
the _Vial_, 20.
with a _Bow_, 21.
& _Cythara_, 19.
Dexterâ tantum,
_Pandura_, 20.
_Plectro_, 21.
and the _Harp_, 23.
with a _Wheel_ within,
which is turned about:
the _Stops_, 22.
in every one are touched
with the left hand.
& _Lyra_, 23.
intus rotâ,
quæ versatur:
_Dimensiones_, 22.
in singulis tanguntur
sinistra.
At last,
those which are blown,
as with the mouth,
Tandem
quæ inflantur,
ut Ore,
the _Flute_, 24.
the _Shawm_, 25.
the _Bag-pipe_, 26.
_Fistula_ (_Tibia_), 24.
_Gingras_, 25.
_Tibia utricularis_, 26.
the _Cornet_, 27.
the _Trumpet_, 28, 29.
or with _Bellows_,
as a _pair of Organs_, 30.
_Lituus_, 27.
_Tuba_, 28. _Buccina_, 29.
vel _Follibus_,
ut _Organum pneumaticum_, 30.