nasardo
Definition of the Italian term nasardo in music:
- organ mutation stop of 2⅔ pitch on the manuals (used with an 8' stop) and 5⅓' pitch on the pedals (used with a 16' stop), sounding a twelfth (an octave and a fifth) above the note played (equivalent to "Nazard" in English, "Nasat" in German, and "Nasard" in French)
Language
Italian
Singular
nasardo
Plural
nasardi
Variant
nazardo
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to nasardo:
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