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French to English Music Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
Sanfé kan ou tonique, au son medium		High-pitched (Sanfè) sound, or tonic note
savonnage		fuzzy articulation / fuzziness
scène ouverte		open stage
Seul survivant de la formation		The last remaining member of the band
Sib13b9		Bb13b9
signature mandingue		with a Mandingo sound
Solfège rythmique		Rhythmic solfege (U.S.); Rhythmic solfeggio (U.K.)
son fusant		dispersed, scattered, difused, spreading
son registre		Range
superpositions rhythmiques		rhythmic superpositions
support musical		(instrumental) accompaniment
supports courts		short media
surf		internet
survitaminé		supercharged / pumped-up
tableaux d'accords		chord charts
talabardeur / talabarder		bombard player	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
tambour à double caisson		double-headed drum	MoiraB
Entered by: MoiraB
Tambour de bois à langues		(Wooden) Tongue Drum
technique de pince		lip pressure / embouchure technique(s)
tenue en puissance		power handling
timbral		timbral
tourillon		bushing	Andrew Tooms
Entered by: Andrew Tooms
tourneurs		promoters
tous registres confondus		of all styles	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
Treteaux chantants		Amateur singing contests	Laura Robertson
Entered by: Laura Robertson
Trompe terminale (perce conique)		end-blown trumpet with a conical bore
trop grande application (re acting/singing)		forced acting/overacting/overplaying it	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
un beat avec le pied		one foot tapping	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
un diapason à bouche		pitch pipe
un souffle qui décoiffe l'assistance		blows the audience away
une note de passage		passing note; passing tone	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
une note témoin		a tuning note
une partition scolaire		a student work
une rascasse		a devil-fish
une version oratorio concertante		a concert performance
verdien		relating to Verdi
Veuillez prendre note du fait que les parties vocales ont été améliorées grâce à des cours de chant particuliers		Please note that the vocals were greatly improved by private voice lessons
Vis à pointe frein OBE		Locking screw (pointed)
Vrai Peura		Authentic rap

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