Large third

The Grosse Third is a play of Orgue pertaining to the family of the changes and more particularly to the subfamily of the large changes.

Etymology: of three, because it indicates the third degree of the diatonic scale. It is said large because she speaks one or two octave S lower than the natural third of the 8 feet (and its pipes are thus two or four times larger).

Description

The Large Third is generally a basic play flute giving the fifth Harmonique of fundamental of the set of 16 feet. More rarely it will be harmonized in principal soft. It is a set of 3 1/5 feet. On Organ S generally rather imposing, one finds it with the pedals, like third harmonic of the 32 feet; it measures 6 2/5 feet then.

To the pedals only, it can bear the name of Low Third ( Terzbass in German).

Denominations

    French
  • : LARGE THIRD, LARGE THIRD, THIRD LOW
    • English
  • : GREAT THIRD, TENTH, DOUBLE THIRD, German THIRD
  • : GROSSTERZ, LARGE THIRD, TERZBASS, Italian TERZENBASS
  • : DECEM, DECIMATED, MULTIPLIED BY TEN

Use

The Large Third 3 1/5 is a typical play of the Orgue traditional French. One finds it with the keyboard of Large-Organ on the majority of the instruments of esthetics baroque (Dom Bedos, Cliquot) and it was given to the honor in the neo-classic organ at the end of the XIXe century (Puget). It enters the composition of the big game of third to the Frenchwoman: Funds 16,8,4,2, Large Nasard 5 1/3 (or Large Fifth), Large third 3 1/5, Nasard 2 2/3, Third 1 3/5. Large Nasard (or the Large Fifth) is optional.

Sound example

Fugure on the anthem of the Virgin Ave Husbands Stella of Jean-François Dandrieu, extracted the first book of organ, played on the Big game of Third.

Registration:

  • Large Organ: Bumblebee S and Principal 16,8,4,2, Large Nasard 5  1/3, Large third 3  1/5, Nasard 2  2/3, Third 1  3/5
  • Positive: Bumblebee, Flute 4, Nasard 2  2/3, Quad of Nasard, Third 1  3/5
    • coupled
  • G.O and Positif. Drew G.O and Positive.

Occurrences

  • Large Third 3 1/5: GO - Large organ of the cathedral Saint-Pierre & Saint-Paul de Troyes
  • Large Third 3 1/5: GO - Large organ of the cathedral of Monaco
  • Great Third 3 1/5: Pedals - Notre-Dame de Paris
  • Great Third 6 2/5: Pedals - Large Holy organ of the church Etienne-of-Mount (Paris)
  • Large Third 12 4/5: Pedals - Convention Hall - Atlantic City (New Jersey - the USA)
  • Terz 12 4/5: Pedals (Third Low based on the 64 feet) organ of Branch Street Gate vault (Lowell, the USA)

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