As a french speaking man, I find sometimes difficult
to read some messages, or to write ones, because I don't
know the musical vocabulary. Ok, I already read all the
terms, but many often I mix them up, for instance beam/slur,
sharp/flat or quaver/semiquaver/eighth.
Do you know of a glossary of these rather simple terms
(for english people) ? Or maybe would it be possible to
add it on ntworthy site ?
Thank you very much...
Here is the URL for an on-line music theory course.
I haven't tried it - only looked at it - not actually a glossary but it may be worthwhile.
http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/~kwfansle/onlinemusicpage.htm
There is already a substantial source of information on the Noteworthy site - the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page is the place to go. See http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/faq.htm for the main page. For musical terms see http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/music.htm and for note lengths see http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/faq3.htm#notechrt
Oops! I missed out the '!'. For note lengths seehttp://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/faq3.htm#notechrt
Thank you, Barry, it was not exactly what I was looking
for, but it was very interesting anyway (even if I don't
agree when musical courses state as a golden rule:
"1 quarter note = 1 beat")
And thank you very much, Peter, that was precisely what
I expected to find. Once again, I didn't started with
Reading The Fine Manual...
Hi, it's me again.
Finally, I didn't found what I was looking for.
Ok, I found the words that can be difficult to understand,
even for english or american people (such as coda, fermata
or hemidemisemiquaver), but I don't find the basic vocabulary.
For instance, I can't find the name of the symbol that is
between flat and sharp (french: bemol, becarre, diese),
and I can't find the name of the note duration that is
twice the whole (french: 1 carree = 2 rondes).
Such a glossary should include terms such as: beam, slur,
treble clef, key signature, ledger line, rest, beat, bar
line, triplet, staff and so on. Does this exist somewhere ?
Hello again, Olivier,
I think you're going to have to consult a French - English dictionary for these translations. I have a pocket size one which has 'becarre' = 'natural' (as expected). It also correctly lists bemol (flat) and diese (sharp). 'ronde' translates correctly as 'semibreve', so 'carree' = 'breve'. If a pocket dictionary has these terms, I expect a large dictionary would contain all the terms you require. Perhaps a visit to your local library would help??
Best of luck, Peter.
Peter, Olivier,
in a french/english dictionary you'll get silly things (as silly as what you'd get with http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate? !).
So here are the translations Olivier asked for, since I didn't find any place on the www for this :
(note that I once translated NWC (1.21) in French, but gave up since I had to "redo from start" (hey, sounds basic!) each and every new version...)
----8<----8<----8<----8<----8<----8<----
beam: ?barre? NPC avec "barre de mesure"
slur: liaison
treble clef: clé de sol
alto clef: clé d'ut 3
tenor clef: clef d'ut 4
key signature: armure
ledger line: ??? un exemple stp, Olivier ??
rest: silence (parfois soupir)
beat: temps (composé ou non)
bar: barre de mesure
line: ligne
triplet: triolet
staff:portée
and so on:etc.
Does this exist somewhere ?: Alas, not to my humble knowledge. I just search for 1/2 hour though...
I'll set up a page on one of my sites in the (end of the) current month (June1998). You should know it via the http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/newstuff.htm page at that time.
Hope this helps.
BTW, how many french or french-speaking users is there ??
Viel Spaß, (in german, my "geo-native" tongue)
MAD
The following page may help non english speaking nwc user.
http://www.zimmusic.com/pagenote/fr_11_01.php
La page ci-dessus pourra peut-être aider les utilisateuts francophone qui ne sont pas à l'aise avec l'anglais.