Short English-Spanish Dictionary of Essential Terms for String Players
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Parts of violin/viola/cello/bass - see below
A, B, C, D, E, F, G = la, si, do, re, mi, fa, sol
Whole note = redonda
Half note = blanca
Quarter note = negra
8th note = corchea
16th note = semicorchea
32nd note = fusa
64th note = semifusa
1/2 position = media posición
1st position = 1a (primera) posición
2nd position = 2a (segunda) posición
Accent = acento
accidental = alteración
appoggiatura = apoyatura
arm = brazo
arpeggio = arpegio
ascending scale / interval = escala / intervalo ascendente
augmented / perfect / diminished = aumentado, -a / justo, -a / disminuido, -a
augmented chord / interval = acorde / intervalo aumentado
Bar / measure = compás
bar line = línea divisoria
bass = el bajo
bass clef = clave de fa
beat = la parte or el tiempo (or pulso or golpe)
bow (up, down) = arco (arriba, abajo)
bowing = golpe de arco
bridge = puente
Cello = violonchelo
chord = acorde
chromatic scale / interval = escala cromática / intervalo cromático
classical music = la música clásica
clef (F, G, C) = clave (... de Fa, de Sol, de Do)
concert soloist = concertista
concerto = el concierto
conductor = director, director de orquestra
conductor’s score = la partitura, el score (pronounced escór)
counterpoint = contrapunto
Diatonic = diatónico
diatonic scale / interval = escala diatónica / intervalo diatónico
diminished interval = intervalo disminuido
dominant seventh chord = acorde de séptima dominante
Dorian Mode = modo dórico
dotted note = nota con puntillo
double bar = doble barra / doble barra de repetición
double bass = el contrabajo
double flat = doble bemol
double sharp = doble sostenido
double stops = dobles cuerdas
dot = puntillo
downbeat = tiempo fuerte, primer tiempo
duo/duet, trio, quartet, quintet = dúo, trío, cuarteto, quinteto
duration = duración
dynamics = dinámica
Eighth (rest) = (pausa/silencio de) corchea
enharmonic = enarmónico
Fermata = calderón
finger = dedo
fingering = digitación
flat = bemol (double flat - doble bemol)
fourth = (intervalo de) cuarta
G clef = clave de sol (F clef - clave de F; C clef - clave de do)
Half note = blanca
half-step = semitono, medio tono
hand = mano
harmonic minor scale = escala menor armónica
harmony = armonía
harpsichord = clave, el clavicémbalo (pronounced clavichémbalo)
Instrument = el instrumento
instrumentalist = el/la instrumentista
interval = intervalo
in tune = afinado
inversion = inversión
Ionian mode = modo jónico
Key = (1) tonalidad, tono; (2) tecla
key signature = armadura
keyboard = teclado
keyboard instruments = los instrumentos de tecla, los teclados
(to) Lead/conduct = dirigir
ledger line = línea adicional/auxiliar
line = línea (melódica), voz.
Lydian mode = modo lidio
Major = mayor
measure / bar = compás
melodic minor scale = escala menor melódica
meter = compás
metronome = metrónomo
middle C = do central
minor = menor
Mixolydian mode = modo mixolídio
mode = modo
Aeolian = eólico
Dorian = dórico
Ionian = jónico
Locrian = locrio
Lydian = lidio
Mixolydian = mixolidio
Phrygian = frigio
modern music = la música moderna
modulation = modulación
movement = el movimiento (or el tiempo)
multibar rest = compases de espera
music (the paper) = la música, la partitura
music (the subject) = la música
music score = partitura
musician = el músico
musicology = musicología
mute = la sordina
Natural = becuadro
note = nota
Octave = octava
orchestral part = la partitura, la partichela
ornaments/embellishments = adornos, notas de adorno
Passing tones = notas de paso
pentatonic scale = escala pentatónica
perfect interval = intervalo justo
perfect pitch = oído absoluto
phrasing = fraseo
piano = el piano
piece, work = la obra
premiere = estreno
principal player = solista
Quadruplet = cuatrillo
quarter note = negra
quarter rest = pausa/silencio de negra
Relative major and minor scales = escalas relativas mayor y menor
relative key = tonalidad relativa
rest = silencio (... rest - pausa/silencio de ...)
Scale = la escala
score = partitura (orquestal)
section player = tuttista
semitone (half step) = semitono
separate (bows) = picada
sharp = sostenido (double sharp - doble sostenido)
sheet music = partitura
shift = cambio de posición
slur = ligadura
staff (pl. staves) = pentagrama/s
string = cuerda (open string - cuerda al aire)
string instruments = las cuerdas
syncopation = síncopa
Tempo = el tiempo (which can also mean “movement”, “beat”, “time” and “weather”)
theme = tema
thumb = dedo pulgar
timbre = timbre
time signature = marca de tiempo
transposition = transposición
triad = tríada
triplet = tresillo
tuning = afinación
Unison = unísono
upbeat = entrada anacrúsica
Viola = la viola
violin (firsts, seconds) = el violín [pl. los violines] (los primeros, los segundos)
Whole step (tone) = tono
wrist = muñeca
Parts of violin/viola/cello/bass - see below
A, B, C, D, E, F, G = la, si, do, re, mi, fa, sol
Whole note = redonda
Half note = blanca
Quarter note = negra
8th note = corchea
16th note = semicorchea
32nd note = fusa
64th note = semifusa
1/2 position = media posición
1st position = 1a (primera) posición
2nd position = 2a (segunda) posición
Accent = acento
accidental = alteración
appoggiatura = apoyatura
arm = brazo
arpeggio = arpegio
ascending scale / interval = escala / intervalo ascendente
augmented / perfect / diminished = aumentado, -a / justo, -a / disminuido, -a
augmented chord / interval = acorde / intervalo aumentado
Bar / measure = compás
bar line = línea divisoria
bass = el bajo
bass clef = clave de fa
beat = la parte or el tiempo (or pulso or golpe)
bow (up, down) = arco (arriba, abajo)
bowing = golpe de arco
bridge = puente
Cello = violonchelo
chord = acorde
chromatic scale / interval = escala cromática / intervalo cromático
classical music = la música clásica
clef (F, G, C) = clave (... de Fa, de Sol, de Do)
concert soloist = concertista
concerto = el concierto
conductor = director, director de orquestra
conductor’s score = la partitura, el score (pronounced escór)
counterpoint = contrapunto
Diatonic = diatónico
diatonic scale / interval = escala diatónica / intervalo diatónico
diminished interval = intervalo disminuido
dominant seventh chord = acorde de séptima dominante
Dorian Mode = modo dórico
dotted note = nota con puntillo
double bar = doble barra / doble barra de repetición
double bass = el contrabajo
double flat = doble bemol
double sharp = doble sostenido
double stops = dobles cuerdas
dot = puntillo
downbeat = tiempo fuerte, primer tiempo
duo/duet, trio, quartet, quintet = dúo, trío, cuarteto, quinteto
duration = duración
dynamics = dinámica
Eighth (rest) = (pausa/silencio de) corchea
enharmonic = enarmónico
Fermata = calderón
finger = dedo
fingering = digitación
flat = bemol (double flat - doble bemol)
fourth = (intervalo de) cuarta
G clef = clave de sol (F clef - clave de F; C clef - clave de do)
Half note = blanca
half-step = semitono, medio tono
hand = mano
harmonic minor scale = escala menor armónica
harmony = armonía
harpsichord = clave, el clavicémbalo (pronounced clavichémbalo)
Instrument = el instrumento
instrumentalist = el/la instrumentista
interval = intervalo
in tune = afinado
inversion = inversión
Ionian mode = modo jónico
Key = (1) tonalidad, tono; (2) tecla
key signature = armadura
keyboard = teclado
keyboard instruments = los instrumentos de tecla, los teclados
(to) Lead/conduct = dirigir
ledger line = línea adicional/auxiliar
line = línea (melódica), voz.
Lydian mode = modo lidio
Major = mayor
measure / bar = compás
melodic minor scale = escala menor melódica
meter = compás
metronome = metrónomo
middle C = do central
minor = menor
Mixolydian mode = modo mixolídio
mode = modo
Aeolian = eólico
Dorian = dórico
Ionian = jónico
Locrian = locrio
Lydian = lidio
Mixolydian = mixolidio
Phrygian = frigio
modern music = la música moderna
modulation = modulación
movement = el movimiento (or el tiempo)
multibar rest = compases de espera
music (the paper) = la música, la partitura
music (the subject) = la música
music score = partitura
musician = el músico
musicology = musicología
mute = la sordina
Natural = becuadro
note = nota
Octave = octava
orchestral part = la partitura, la partichela
ornaments/embellishments = adornos, notas de adorno
Passing tones = notas de paso
pentatonic scale = escala pentatónica
perfect interval = intervalo justo
perfect pitch = oído absoluto
phrasing = fraseo
piano = el piano
piece, work = la obra
premiere = estreno
principal player = solista
Quadruplet = cuatrillo
quarter note = negra
quarter rest = pausa/silencio de negra
Relative major and minor scales = escalas relativas mayor y menor
relative key = tonalidad relativa
rest = silencio (... rest - pausa/silencio de ...)
Scale = la escala
score = partitura (orquestal)
section player = tuttista
semitone (half step) = semitono
separate (bows) = picada
sharp = sostenido (double sharp - doble sostenido)
sheet music = partitura
shift = cambio de posición
slur = ligadura
staff (pl. staves) = pentagrama/s
string = cuerda (open string - cuerda al aire)
string instruments = las cuerdas
syncopation = síncopa
Tempo = el tiempo (which can also mean “movement”, “beat”, “time” and “weather”)
theme = tema
thumb = dedo pulgar
timbre = timbre
time signature = marca de tiempo
transposition = transposición
triad = tríada
triplet = tresillo
tuning = afinación
Unison = unísono
upbeat = entrada anacrúsica
Viola = la viola
violin (firsts, seconds) = el violín [pl. los violines] (los primeros, los segundos)
Whole step (tone) = tono
wrist = muñeca
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