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registration

registration

1 9.0
Choosing organ stops to make a particular musical sound
  • noun
  • /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : registro
  • In the tempo of figure 1, the three-octave range offers the opportunity to use registration.

Examples

  • But you understand the necessity of organ registration from a security standpoint?

  • Registration works best if the music does not move too rapidly (60 per quarter is ideal).

    Academic text (2001)
  • The preliminary conference program, as well as registration and housing information, will appear in Teaching Music in December.

    Academic text (2001)
  • International Registration

    Blog text (18)
  • Kanye's latest and most impressive joints have elements from "College Dropout" and even "Late Registration."

    Blog text (2)
  • This exhibition is an accumulation of fictions that are registrations from place, taking the form

    Blog text (24)
  • (Fifteen use just voter rolls, six use just driver's license registrations.)

    Academic text (1995)
  • A normal 4/4 pattern cannot be used for this music if registration is employed because all of the strokes in every measure move in an upward direction, along with the melodic line.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Among those encouraging political action from young people at the CSULA registration rally was musical artist Taboo, of the popular hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas.

    Blog text (16)
  • The organist carefully adjusted the registration to achieve the desired sound for the symphony.

Compounds

A unique number shown on a vehicle's license plate to identify it

registration fire
  • Specialized
9.9

A short round of fire from heavy guns to see where shots land and adjust aim before attack

Surface Forms

registration singular
registrations plural

Morphology

registration = register (semi-transparent) = register + ation

Formally the same nominalization, but the musical meaning (selection/combination of organ stops) is a specialised, domain-specific sense that may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Registration comes from register, a written list or 'record' or a chosen set of things. In music a registration is the chosen set of organ stops — the specific sounds picked for a piece.