Music Flashcards by Ilona Voutsas | Brainscape

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a (musical) score

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partition

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a staff

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une portée

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a quaver rest

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un soupir

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a key

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une tonalité ou une touche de clavier

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sharp, flat, natural

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dièse, bémol, bécarre

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to sight-read

A

déchiffrer

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a choir

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chorale

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a chorister

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une choriste

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a tune

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un air

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a verse

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couplet

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a chorus

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refrain

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a (Christmas) carol

A

chant de Noël

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singing exercises

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vocalises

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a prima donna

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cantatrice

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unaccompanied

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a capella

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to hum

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fredonner

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a conductor

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chef d’orchestre

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the baton

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baguette du chef

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a symphony orchestra

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un orchestre symphonique

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a tuning fork

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un diapason

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music stand

A

pupitre

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to beat time

A

battre la mesure

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to tune in

A

s’accorder

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to interpret

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interpreter

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to sing in tune / out off tune

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chanter juste / faux

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a double bass

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contre basse

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a cello

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violoncelle

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a fiddle

A

violon

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bagpipes

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cornemuse

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drums

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la batterie

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grand piano

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piano à queue

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upright piano

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piano droit

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accordion

A

accordéon

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harpsichord

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accordéon

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he came with a face as long as a fiddle

A

il est arrivé avec une tête d’enterrement

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does it ring a bell?

A

ça t’évoque qqch?

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this is music to my ears

A

ça fait plaisir à entendre

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it’s the same old song

A

c’est toujours la même rengaine

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it set the tone for the whole evening

A

cela a donné le ton de la soirée