Music French Vocabulary
joueur de cornemuse à Saint-Malo
bagpipes player at the corner of a house
What are music terms in French? How are words related to music pronounced in French ? Listen to the AUDIO below -- by a native speaker.
| Notes | Notes |
| do (m.) | C |
| ré (m.) | D |
| mi (m.) | E |
| fa (m.) | F |
| sol (m.) | G |
| la (m.) | A |
| si (m.) | B |
| ut (m.) | C, same as do |
- acoustic guitar -- f -- guitare sèche, acoustique
- audience -- m -- public
- bad singer -- f -- casserole
- beat -- m -- rythme
- bow -- m -- archet
- Breton dance – ‘cause I’m Breton J -- m -- fest-noz
- case -- m -- étui
- choir -- f -- chorale
- chorus -- m -- refrain
- clef -- f -- clé, clef
- conductor -- m -- chef d'orchestre
- cover -- f -- version, reprise (musicale)
- dance -- m -- bal
- dance -- f -- soirée dansante
- dotted half (note) -- f -- blanche pointée
- drums -- f -- batterie
- eighth note -- f -- croche
- electric guitar -- f -- guitare électrique
- fiddler -- m -- violoneux**
- flat -- m -- bémol
- French horn -- m -- cor anglais
- gig -- m -- cachet, petit boulot
- guitar -- f -- guitare
- guitar (fam.) -- f -- gratte
- guitar bass -- f -- basse
Continue with a lot more here
**there is no feminine word for “violoneux”as far as I know
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Excellent vocabulary! I am teaching grade 5 music in extended French and really appreciate your site! Mille merci!
Anne, could you share with us some traditional folk songs? Ones that ‘everyone’ knows..!?
thanks!
What falls under the category “folk song” in France is mostly lullabies such as “Au clair de la lune”, “Frère Jacques” and “À la claire fontaine”. Is this what you meant, Susan? Let me know if you had a particular song in mind, and I’ll do my best to share it with you.