quindicesima

Definition of the Italian term quindicesima in music:

  1. fifteenth (ordinal number)
  2. fifteenth (interval of fifteen degrees, equal to two octaves)
  3. fifteenth (the note a fifteenth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. fifteenth above (instruction to play the notes two octaves higher than notated)
  5. organ principal stop of 2' pitch on the manuals and 4' pitch on the pedals (equivalent to "Fifteenth" or "Super Octave" in English, "Superoktav" in German, and "Doublette" in French)
Language
Italian
Singular
quindicesima
Plural
quindicesime
Variants
quintadecimaquindecimadecima quinta
Abbreviation
15ª
Alt. abbreviations
15.15aXV.XVªXVa
Synonyms

Combinations

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Related terms

Italian musical terms related to quindicesima:

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  • mezzo tono – half step, semitone
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  • ottava – eighth (ordinal number)...
  • quarta – fourth (ordinal number)...
  • quattordicesima – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quinta – fifth (ordinal number)...
  • seconda – second (ordinal number)...
  • sedicesima – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
  • semitono – half step (American English), semitone (British En...
  • sesta – sixth (ordinal number)...
  • settima – seventh (ordinal number)...
  • terza – third (ordinal number)...
  • tono – tone...
  • tredicesima – thirteenth (ordinal number)...
  • tritono – tritone (interval of six half steps, enharmonic wi...
  • undicesima – eleventh (ordinal number)...
  • unisono – unison (interval of 1 degree)...