The KudoZ open glossary is a browsable glossary of terms translated via the KudoZ term help network.

French to English Music Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
facétieuse		playful	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
il se nourrit de tout		he feeds off everything
phrasé		phrasing
- Cémancé kan ou claqué, au son aigu		Middle-pitched (Cèmancè) sound or slap
--		--	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
...il sonne d'une façon précise,		it has its own specific sound	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
accord plaqué		block chord
Accrochez vos (mises) amplis !		Hold onto your curls!
afin de chercher, trouver et libérer ses phrases		so as to try and design musical phrases, and give them free expression
allure		allure
allure franquiste		in the style of Cesar Franck
arrangeur et orchestrateur		arranger and orchestrator	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
artiste-interprète		performer	Paula Price
Entered by: Paula Price
au niveau des accords		with respect to chord progressions	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
au phrasé rap		rap-like (rap-style) rock
avec le plus parfait des naturels		thinking nothing of it
à géométrie variable		for variable ensembles
à plus d’un titre		in more ways than one	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
ça fait partie de mon équilibre		it's an essential part of my life	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
écrin		setting
émission		attack
Òaï		chaos	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
“Le piano, comme l’argent, n’est agréable qu’à celui qui en touche.”		\"[Playing] Piano is like money - it\'s pleasurable only if you can get your hands on it\"
balancement sur deux accords (music)		alternating chords	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
bande spectacle		soundtrack / music track
bas-dessus de viole		alto viola da gamba, alto viol
baton de pluie		rainstick; rain maker; rain stick
Black blanc beur		Black white brown	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
Blues mineur		Minor blues
bois / clichés		wood decor / usual stuff	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
brut de décoffrage		rough around the edges
cadence italienne		perfect authentic cadence	Debora Blake
Entered by: Debora Blake
cadences		cadences
caisse claire		snare drum
captation musicale		live musical recording
carrure		bar structure
C’est ça le vrai bonheur		That's What Happiness Is All About
ce jeu dans la musique moderne		this style of playing modern musique	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
chaloupé		rolling
chansons "fanfarisées"		songs given the full brass band treatment

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• Next »

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next »