# Musical vocabulary, correspondance from French.
# Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# Francois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1993.

# Thanks to Neil Jerram <nj104@cus.cam.ac.uk>.

French				American	

accentuation			accentuation
accolade			brace
accord				chord
accord de neuvime dominante	chord of the dominant ninth
accord de septime dominante	chord of the dominant seventh
accord parfait majeur		perfect major chord
accord parfait mineur		perfect minor chord
alto				alto
altration accidentelle		accident; accidental alteration
altration essentielle		essential alteration
appogiature			appoggiatura
appogiature brve		short appoggiatura
appogiature double		double appoggiatura
appogiature longue		long appoggiatura
appogiature simple		simple appoggiatura
armature [de la cl]		key signature
armure [de la cl]		key signature
arpge				arpeggio
augment (intervalle)		augmented (interval)
bariton				baritone
barre de mesure			bar line
barre de reprise		repeat
basse				bass
blanche				half note
bton de pause			(arbitrary number of bars' rest)
bton de pause			four-bar rest
bton de pause			two-bar rest
bcarre				natural sign
bmol				flat
cadence				cadence
cadence harmonique		harmonic cadence
cadence mlodique		melodic cadence
caractre			character
chane de trilles		chain of trills
chevron				chevron
chiffrage			time signature
chiffre infrieur		lower number
chiffre suprieur		upper number
chiffres indicateurs		time signature
cl				clef
cl d'octave			octave line
cl d'ut			middle C clef
cl de fa			bass clef
cl de sol			treble clef
comma				comma
comma enharmonique
comma pythagoricien
comma syntonique
consonance			consonant interval; consonance
contralto			contralto
contre-temps			contro-time
contre-temps irrgulier		irregular contro-time
contre-temps rgulier		regular contro-time
coul				slur
courbe rythmique		rythmic curve
cresendo			opening angular bracket
croche				eighth note
decrescendo			closing angular bracket
degr [de la gamme]		degree [of the scale]
demi-pause			half rest
demi-soupir			eighth rest
demi-ton			semitone
demi-ton chromatique		chromatic semitone
demi-ton diatonique		diatonic semitone
diapason			pitch pipe; tuning fork
diminu (intervalle)		diminished (interval)
dissonance			dissonant interval; dissonance
dise				sharp
do				C
do central			middle C
doigt
doigt de pdale
dominante			dominant
double barre			double bar line
double bmol			double flat
double croche			sixteenth note
double dise			double sharp
double triolet			double triplet
duolet				duplet
dure				duration
chelle d'octave		octave line
chelle musicale		Musical Ladder
enharmonie			enharmony
espace				space
extension d'intervalle		extension of interval
fa				F
figure de note			kind of note
figure de silence		kind of rest
fioriture			cadenza
forme du mode mineur ancien	ancient form (diatonic minor scale)
forme harmonique		harmonic form (diatonic minor scale)
forme mlodique			melodic form (diatonic minor scale)
gamme				scale
gamme chromatique		chromatic scale
gamme diatonique majeure	diatonic major scale
gamme diatonique mineure	diatonic minor scale
gammes enharmoniques		enharmonic scales
gammes relatives		relative scales
genre chromatique		chromatic type
genre diatonique		diatonic type
genre enharmonique		enharmonic type
groupe irrgulier		irregular group
grupetto			turn; gruppetto
hauteur				pitch
huitime de soupir		thirty-second rest
incise				motive
indication de pdale
indication mtronomique		metronomic indication
intervalle			interval
intervalle ascendant		ascending interval
intervalle compos		compound interval
intervalle descendant		descending interval
intervalle harmonique		harmonic interval
intervalle simple		simple interval
intervalles enharmoniques	enharmonic intervals
juste (intervalle)		perfect (interval)
la				A
liaison				tie
liaison rythmique		legato curve
ligne				line
ligne supplmentaire		ledger line
majeur (intervalle)		major (interval)
membre de phrase		phrase member
mesure				bar; measure
mesure artificielle		artificial measure
mesure compose			compound measure
mesure incomplte		incomplete measure
mesure irrgulire		irregular measure
mesure simple			simple measure
mezzo-soprano			mezzo-soprano
mi				E
mineur (intervalle)		minor (interval)
mode				mode
mode ecclsiastique
mode majeur			major mode
mode mineur			minor mode
modulation			modulation
mordant				mordent
mouvement			tempo; movement
mouvement conjoint		conjunct movement
mouvement disjoint		disjunct movement
mouvement lent			slow tempo
mouvement modr		moderate tempo
mouvement rapide		fast tempo
mdiante			mediant
mtronome			metronome
noire				quarter note
note				note
note doublement pointe		double dotted note
note modale			modal note
note pointe			dotted note
note tonale			tonal note
notes enharmoniques		enharmonic notes
nuance				shading
octave				octave
ornement			embellishment; accessory
partition			score
pause				whole rest
phrase				phrase
phras				phrasing
pizzicato			dash over/below
point				dot
point d'orgue			pause
point et liaison combins	dot and curved line combined
pointills
portamento			underline over/below
porte				staff
portes				staves
quadruple croche		sixty-fourth note
quart de soupir			sixteenth rest
quarte				fourth
quartolet			quadruplet
quinte				fifth
registre			register
renversement d'intervalle	inversion of interval
renvoi				return sign
respiration			artificial rest
ronde				whole note
rythme				rythm
r				D
seconde				second
seizime de soupir		sixty-fourth rest
sensible			leading note
septime			seventh
sextolet			sextuplet
si				B
signes indicateurs de nuance	shading signs
silence				rest
sixain				sextuplet
sixte				sixth
sol				G
soprano				soprano
soupir				quarter rest
sous-dominante			subdominant
sous-tonique			subtonic
staccato			dot over/below
sus-dominante			superdominant
sus-tonique			supertonic
syncope				syncopation; upbeat
syncope irrgulire		irregular syncopation
syncope rgulire		regular syncopation
temps				beat
temps binaire			binary beat
temps faible			weak beat
temps fort			strong beat
temps ternaire			ternary beat
temprament msotonique		meantone tuning
temprament gal		tempered tuning
tierce				third
ton				tone
tonalit			tonality
tonique				tonic
tons relatifs			relative scales
tons voisins			adjacent keys
transposition			transposition
transposition chromatique	chromatic transposition
transposition enharmonique	enharmonic transposition
trille				trill; shake
trille double			double trill
triolet				triplet
triple croche			thirty-second note
triton				tritone
tnor				tenor
ttracorde			tetrachord
unisson				unison
unit de mesure			unit of measure
unit de temps			unit of beat
ut				C
voix				voice
