Excerpt from Pronouncing Dictionary Condensed Encyclopedia: Musical of Musical Terms, Instruments, Composers, and Important Works Direct, a mark formerly used at the end of a page in music to warn the player of the first note over the leaf. Bircot Motion, motion of parts in harmony in similar direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.