Definition of Bebung

1. n. A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

Definition of Bebung

1. a tremolo effect on the clavichord [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bebung

beblubbered
beblur
bebooted
bebop
bebopped
bebopper
beboppers
bebopping
bebops
bebother
bebothered
bebothering
bebothers
bebroyde
bebump
bebung (current term)
bebungs
bebury
bec de corbin
becall
becalled
becalling
becalls
becalm
becalmed
becalming
becalms
became
becamest

Literary usage of Bebung

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Subject List of Works on Heat and Heat-engines Excluding Marine Engineering by Great Britain Patent office. Library (1905)
"Be- schreibung und Darstellnng der fur die Wasaer- bebung in Bergwerken gebrauchlichen Ma- schinen, Pumpen. und anderen ..."

2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"The word bebung refers, however, more particularly to an effect peculiar to the old clavichord, but not possible on the modern pianoforte, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"The bebung was not often marked, except sometimes by the word tremolo. Marpurg, however ('Principes du Clavecin'), gives the following as the sign of its ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It is the " bebung " (trembling), a vibration in a melody note of the same ... The " bebung " was indicated in the notation by dots over the note to be ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It is the bebung (trembling), a vibration in a melody note of the same nature as ... The bebung was indicated in the notation by dots over the note to be ..."

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