bois
Definition of the French term bois in music:
- wood
- abbreviation of "instrument à vent en bois" (woodwind instrument)
Language
French
Singular
bois
Plural
bois
Combinations
French musical terms that include bois:
- avec le bois – with the wood (strike the string with the wood of ...
- avec le bois de l'archet – with the wood of the bow (strike the string with t...
- baguette en bois – wooden drumstick
- bloc de bois – woodblock
- frappez sur le bois du piano – hit the piano wood
- instrument à vent en bois – woodwind instrument
- lur en bois – wooden lur, birch trumpet
- sur le bois – with the wood (strike the string with the wood of ...
Musical examples
Music scores that include bois:
- Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (1922‑1923) Page 4
- Johann Strauss Jr: Accellerationen Walzer (1860) Page 1