notation musicale

Definitions of notation musicale
  1. noun
    (music) notation used by musicians
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    échelle des sons
    (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
    intervalle
    the difference in pitch between two notes
    portée
    (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
    clé
    a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
    tonalité
    any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
    mesure
    musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
    note
    a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
    gamme
    the entire scale of musical notes
    ton entier
    a musical interval of two semitones
    clef de sol
    a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff
    clef de fa
    a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
    clef de do
    a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
    clé d'ut
    a clef that puts middle C on the bottom line of the staff
    clé d'ut quatrième ligne
    a clef that puts middle C on the fourth line of the staff; used for writing music for bassoons or cellos or tenor horns
    ronde
    a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
    blanche
    a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
    noire
    a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
    croche
    a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
    type of:
    notation, système de notation
    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
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