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)

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