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Common French Musical Terms |
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Accélérer le mouvement - speed up
Accent - accent
Accent prononcé - strong accent (sf)
Animé - lively
Animez - to play animatedly
Augmentez - expand
Au mouvement - in time
Assez fort - moderately loud (mf)
Assez doux - moderately quiet (mp)
Cédez - hold back
Début - beginning
Décider d'un mouvement - to adopt a tempo
Degree d'intensité - degree of intensity
De plus en plus doux - getting softer
De plus en plus fort - getting louder
Doucement - softly
Douloureux - painfully
Doux - mild; soft
En animant - in an animated manner
En dehors - prominent
En retenant - holding back
En se calmant - calming down
Et - and
Expressif - expressively
Folatre - playfully
Fort - loud
Indication de mouvement - tempo mark
Jouer en mesure - play in time
Jusq'à la fin - until the end
Léger - lightly
Lent - slow
Lenteur - slowness
Lentement - slowly
Lointain - distant
Lourdement - heavily; ponderously
Main Droite (M.D.) - right hand
Main Gauche (M.G.) - left hand
Modéré - moderately
Moins - less
Moins rigoureux - less rigourously
Mouvement - tempo; speed
Murmuré - whispered
Net - clean; clear
Note accentuée - accented note
Note non accentuée - unaccented note
Nuance contrastées - contrasting dynamics
Peu à peu - bit by bit
Plus - more
Rapide - fast
Rester bien en mesure - to play in time
Retenu - held back; carefully
Sans rigueur - without rigidity; smoothly
Sec - dry; crisp; short
Souple - soft
Triste - sad; sorrowful
Un peu - a little
Un peu céd - a little held back
V
Vif - lively
Vite - quick; fast
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