le solfège
If you’re a musician and are interacting with the French on your work then it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with some French music theory terms. The following vocabulary list includes the names of all the notes and should get you started. At the bottom of the page there’s a link to a French site with French-to-French explanations.
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NAMES OF NOTES | |
sharp | dièse |
flat | bémol |
A | la |
B | si |
C | ut/do |
D | ré |
E | mi |
F | fa |
G | sol |
MUSIC THEORY TERMS | |
accidental | un altération |
accidental | une altération |
arpeggio | un arpège |
bass clef | la clé de fa, clef de fa |
bass note | la note fondamentale |
cadence | la cadence |
chord | un accord |
circle of fifths | le cycle des quintes |
clef, key | la clé, clef |
diminished fifth | une quinte diminuée |
dominant chord | une dominante |
dynamique | une nuance |
extended chord | un accord étendu |
falling scale | gamme descendante |
fifth | une quinte |
flat | un bémol |
G clef, treble clef | la clé de sol |
half step | un demi-ton |
harmonic interval | une intervalle harmonique |
harmony | la harmonie |
high pitch | un ton aigu |
instrument tuning | le diapason |
key signature | l’armature, armure (f) |
low pitch | le registre grave |
major scale | une gamme majeure |
melodic interval | une intervalle mélodique |
melody | une mélodie |
minor scale | une gamme mineure |
mode | le mode |
music theory | le solfège, théorie musicale |
octave | une octave |
rest, interval | un intervalle |
rising scale | une gamme ascendante |
scale | une gamme |
seventh | une septième |
sharp | un dièse |
third | une tierce |
to transpose | transposer |
tonic, key note | la tonique |
unison | l’unisson (m) |
whole step | un ton |
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