The Arts - Singing Flashcards

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chanter

le chant

un chanteur

A

to sing

singing

a singer

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2
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une chanson

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a song

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scander / psalmodier

une mélopée
=Chant, mélodie, musique assez monotone et triste

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to chant (faux ami)

a chant

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le chant grégorien

A

Gregorian chant = plainsong = plainchant

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5
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une ballade
(= forme de poésie chantée)
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a ballad

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le Gospel / les Negor spirituals

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spirituals

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un cantique
(= chant religieux)
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a hymn

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8
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un chant de Noël

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a carol

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9
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un hymne

A

an anthem

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10
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un chant funèbre, une complainte

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a lament

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une lyre

lyrique

le lyrisme

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a lyre

lyric(al)

lyricism

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12
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la tessiture

A

the tessitura

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13
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soprano

A

soprano

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14
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ténor

A

tenor

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15
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baryton

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baritone

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16
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basse

17
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un choeur, une chorale

le maitre de choeur

un choriste

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a choir

the choirmaster

a chorister

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1- un choeur (d’opréa)

2- un refrain

19
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un couplet

A

a verse (faux-ami=

20
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un opéra

l’opéra, l’art lyrique

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an opera

opera

21
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une cantatrice, une diva

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a prima donna (italien)

22
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les vocalises

A

singning exercises

23
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un professeur de chant

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a singing teacher

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un cours de chant

une lesson de chant

un concours de chant

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a singing class

a singing lesson

a singing competition

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chanter en choeur
to sing in chorus
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chanter à l'unisson
to sing in unison
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chanter a capella
to sing unaccompanied = to sing a capella
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un artiste lyrique
an opera singer
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une chanson contestatire
a protest song
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un chant profane (non religieux) un chant sacré (religieux)
a profane song a sacred song
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le chant du cygne | figuré : signinfie la plus belle chose que fait qqn avant de mourir
swan song
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fredonner une chanson fredonner un air
to hum a song to hum a tune
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un opéra (le lieu)
an opera house
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chanter la basse
to sing the bass
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la guitare basse
the bass guitar
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la grosse caisse
the bass drum