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Definition of Metronomes
1. metronome [n] - See also: metronome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metronomes
Literary usage of Metronomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"In the experiments of the first kind, two metronomes were set going at the rates
of 100 and 120 strokes per minute respectively, and the observer, ..."
2. The Singing of the Future by David Ffrangcon-Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"Unmusical metronomes (human and mechanical).—The style is the man, not the
brute.—Education, rhythm, some conductors.—Hans Richter and Felix von Weingartner ..."
3. Popular Scientific Lectures by Ernst Mach, Thomas Joseph McCormack (1898)
"The metronomes usually for sale in the shops are poor enough to yield, when set
alike, appreciably unequal strokes. Set, now, these two metronomes, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"By far the best metronomes now attainable are those manufactured in England ...
French metronomes are far less durable than these ; and. as a general rule, ..."
5. Music (1897)
"We have placed a large order for metronomes with the celebrated American house
... OUR metronomes ARE FULLY WARRANTED. WE ARE OFFFERING THEM ON CONDITIONS ..."
6. The Pianoforte and Its Acoustic Properties by Siegfried Hansing (1904)
"With the aid of three metronomes, we can easily render the rhythm of any chord
visible. ... Arrange the three metronomes so that the fourth beat of one, ..."
7. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"In these preliminary experiments, two metronomes of different ... The observer
was told to attend to one of the metronomes while employing visual imagery in ..."
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