Music theory terms in French
The list of French translations of music theory terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- arpeggio • arpège
- articulation • articulation
- atonality • musique atonale
C
- chord • accord
- chord progression • progression d'accords
- chromatic scale • échelle chromatique
- clef • clef
- close • Cadence
- counterpoint • contrepoint
D
- diatonic • échelle diatonique
- dominant • dominante
- dynamics • nuance
H
- harmony • harmonie
I
- interval • intervalle
K
- key • tonalité
M
- melody • mélodie
- meter • pulsation
- mode • mode
- modulation • modulation
- music theory • théorie de la musique
N
- note sign • note de musique
O
- octave • octave
P
- pentatonic scale • gamme pentatonique
- pitch • hauteur
R
- rest • silence
- rhythm • rythme
S
- scale • gamme musicale
- stave • portée
- subdominant • sous-dominante
T
- tempo • tempo
- timbre • timbre
- time signature • chiffrage de mesure
- tonal system • tonalité
- tonic • tonique
- transposition • Transposition
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