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What is G in French music?

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If you’re a musician and are interacting with the French on your work then it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with some French music theory terms. The following vocabulary list includes the names of all the notes and should get you started. At the bottom of the page there’s a link to a French site with French-to-French explanations.

Names of notes

Interestingly, the French use “do, rei, mi” etc. to refer to individual lettered musical notes.

dièse sharp

bémol flat

la A

si B

ut/do C

ré D

mi E

fa F

sol G

Music theory terms

Many of the following musical terms are almost the same in English.

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une altération accidental

un arpège arpeggio

la clé de fa, clef de fa bass clef

la note fondamentale bass note

la cadence cadence

un accord chord

le cycle des quintes circle of fifths

la clé, clef clef, key

une quinte diminuée diminished fifth

une dominante dominant chord

un accord étendu extended chord

gamme descendante falling scale

une quinte fifth

un bémol flat

la clé de sol G clef, treble clef

un demi-ton half step

une intervalle harmonique harmonic interval

la harmonie harmony

un ton aigu high pitch

le diapason instrument tuning

l’armature, armure (f) key signature

le registre grave low pitch

une gamme majeure major scale

une intervalle mélodique melodic interval

une mélodie melody

une gamme mineure minor scale

le mode mode

le solfège, théorie musicale music theory

une octave octave

un intervalle rest, interval

une gamme ascendante rising scale

une gamme scale

une septième seventh

un dièse sharp

une tierce third

transposer to transpose

la tonique tonic, key note

l’unisson (m) unison

un ton whole step

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