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Meaning of "backfall" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKFALL

ˈbækˌfɔːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKFALL

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Backfall is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BACKFALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ornament (music)

In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody, but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line. Many ornaments are performed as "fast notes" around a central note. The amount of ornamentation in a piece of music can vary from quite extensive to relatively little or even none. The word agrément is used specifically to indicate the French Baroque style of ornamentation. A very important function of the ornamentation in early and baroque keyboard music was as a way of creating a longer sustain of the note on a harpsichord, clavichord, or virginal, such instruments being unable to sustain a long note in the same manner as a pipe organ. In the baroque period, it was common for performers to improvise ornamentation on a given melodic line. A singer performing a da capo aria, for instance, would sing the melody relatively unornamented the first time, but decorate it with additional flourishes the second time.

Definition of backfall in the English dictionary

The definition of backfall in the dictionary is a fall or throw onto the back. Other definition of backfall is a horizontal bar forming part of the internal mechanism of an organ.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKFALL

ashfall · deadfall · downfall · earthfall · evenfall · footfall · icefall · infall · landfall · nightfall · outfall · overfall · pinfall · pitfall · pratfall · rainfall · shortfall · snowfall · waterfall · windfall

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKFALL

backcross · backdate · backdoor · backdown · backdraft · backdraught · backdrop · backed · backer · backet · backfield · backfile · backfill · backfire · backfisch · backfit · backflipping · backflow · backgammon · background

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKFALL

acceleration of free fall · befall · bergfall · catfall · chainfall · crossfall · fall · flag fall · free fall · jawfall · misfall · onfall · refall · ride for a fall · rock fall · spatfall · take the fall

Synonyms and antonyms of backfall in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKFALL»

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The Organ: An Encyclopedia
bAckFALL In mechanical balanced action, a horizontal bar with a central fulcrum or bridge that transfers individual key action (directly or indirectly) to the tracker that operates the windchest pallet. In all actions, depressing the manual key (also  ...
Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel, 2006
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Pipe and Excavation Contracting
It's precision work. If it isn't properly done, the pipeline won't slope evenly. When a pipe is laid level or actually slopes the wrong way, it's called a backfall. Any backfall will be obvious to the inspector because water will pond in the low spots.
Dave Roberts, 1987
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Understanding the Pipe Organ: A Guide for Students, Teachers ...
Certainly the most common use of the backfall is in connecting the motion of a key to the pulldown connected to the pallet in the windchest. A frame bearing one backfall per note is mounted above and behind the keyboard. The action is simple ...
John R. Shannon, 2009
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Complete organ method
Backfall couplers are thrown out of gear (when the stop is in) by a displacement of the backfall frame in such a manner that the wire of the sticker moves up and down without acting on the backfall. Pedal couplers, owing to the extent of the ...
John Stainer, F. Flaxington Harker, 1909
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Backfall, forcfall. In 1 7th-century England, two types of *appoggiatura. the former approaching the main note from above, the latter from below, notated and played as in the accompanying example. When the backfall is combined with a shake ...
Don Michael Randel, 2003
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
levers and roll, a backfall lying close to said roll and extending at a slight angle above the level of the roll axis, a bedplate for said roll extending towards the backfall through an arc of about 75° and a cover closely fitting and covering in the roll ...
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A musical grammar, in four parts
In the first class are the Eeat, Backfall, double Backfall, Elevation, Springer, and Cadent; in the second are the shaked Backfall, close Shake, shaked Beat, shaked Elevation, staked Codeut, nai double Relish. (See also Flayford, p. ICO). G \ 103 ...
William Hutchins Callcott, 1817
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Forbidden Fighting Techniques of the Ninja
{I i t A)? y}, 12:83" N v a $11 Backfall From the basic neutral position, prepare for the backfall. This is the most important of the falls in ukemi because it teaches one to “beat” the mat with the arms to break the fall. Timing is very critical in this ...
Ashida Kim
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A Musical Grammar: In Four Parts ; I. Notation ; II. Melody, ...
1667), as defined by Dr. Colman, are divided into two classes, — the smooth and the shahcd Graces. In the first class are the Beat, Backfall, double Backfall, Elevation, Springer, and Cadent; in the second are the shaked Backfall, close Shake, ...
John Wall Callcott, 1817
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A Musical Grammar in Four Parts
Turk, p. 207. t The old English Graces, published by Simpson (Division Viol, 16G7,) as defined by Dr. Colman, are divided into two classes, — the smooth and the shaktd Graces. In the first class are the Beat, Backfall, double Backfall, Elevation, ...
John Wall Callcott, 1833

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKFALL»

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City of Kitchener official says issue of cast iron pipes needs to be …
“A $19 million dollar backfall of failed or failing watermain infrastructure… needs to be addressed. We highlight those as our red light category; ... «570 News, Jan 15»
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The Business: Jean-Frédéric Dufour
In French we say reculer pour mieux sauter, step back to take a better jump. Zenith is just recovering from 40 years of backfall. We were the best ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
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Sale signals end of Snow Park
Mr Klap says nearby Cardrona ski field could take the backfall if they had to move the event, but highlighted that Snow Park's facilities were ... «3News NZ, Jun 13»
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Keeler reaches personal milestone
He hadn't given up a takedown or a reversal or backfall all year.” It was clear the loss held no effect on his performance on the mat Saturday as ... «Herald & Review, Feb 13»
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Golf course flooding solved by Duncan Ross
Despite the drains flowing freely with no apparent backfall, the compacted area couldn't cope with excessive and sustained rainfall. Landowner ... «Pitchcare, Feb 13»
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Q&A: Jordan Schafer
Then everything, going into Arizona (Fall League), going to spring training and then it's like everything took a backfall with everything that ... «Baseball America, Aug 08»
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