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Glossary

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...

Re: Glossary

Reply #4 –
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...

Re: Glossary

Reply #5 –
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 ?

Re: Glossary

Reply #6 –
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.

Re: Glossary

Reply #7 –
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