grand – Definition in music

Definition of the French term grand in music:

great, large, big
great organ (the main division and manual of an organ)

Language

French

Singular

grand (m)grande (f)

Plural

grands (m)grandes (f)

Abbreviation

gr.

French musical terms that include grand:

anches grand orgue – great reeds (reed stops of the great division on a...
clavier de grand orgue – great manual (keyboard of an organ used to play th...
grand barré – grand barre chord (chord on guitar or other string...
grand bourdon – organ flute stop of 32' or 16' pitch, an octave lo...
grand bugle – flugelhorn in B-flat (which is usually simply call...
grand chant – canso (Medieval genre of courtly love songs)
grand chant courtois – canso (Medieval genre of courtly love songs)
grand chœur – large choir (large group of singers)...
grand détaché – in string playing, where the whole stroke of the b...
grand et positif – great and choir organs to be coupled
grand jeu – full organ (with all or most of the organ stops dr...
grand opéra – grand opera (genre of 19th-century opera, characte...
grand orchestre – large orchestra...
grand orgue – great division (the main division of an organ, con...
grand traité – great treatise
grand-positif-récit – great, choir and swell organs to be coupled
pour grand orgue – for full organ (with all or most of the organ stop...

Music scores that include grand:

Edward Elgar: Organ Sonata (1895) Page 1

French musical terms related to grand:

gros – great, large, big