main gauche – Definition in music

Definition of the French term main gauche in music:

left hand

Language

French

Singular

main gauche

Plural

mains gauches

Abbreviation

m.g.

French musical terms that include main gauche:

avec la main gauche – with the left hand

Music scores that include main gauche:

Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No. 1 (1723) Page 4
Charles Koechlin: 4 Poèmes de La bonne chanson (1901‑1902) Page 1
Charles Koechlin: Horn Sonata (1918‑25) Page 1
Charles-Marie Widor: 6 Duos (1867) Page 6
Claude Debussy: Estampes (1903) Page 1
Claude Debussy: La plus que lente (1910) Page 4
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (1890‑1905) Page 2
Ernesto Nazareth: Pássaros em festa (1920) Page 3
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) Page 2
Sergey Yevseyev: Poème héroïque (1925) Page 4

French musical terms related to main gauche:

avec la main – with the hand
avec la main droite – with the right hand
baissant la main – lowering the hand
claquement de mains – hand clap (body percussion)
deux mains – two hands
deuxième position – second position (of the hand or finger on a string...
gauche – left (direction)
Hand im Schalltrichter – put the hand in the bell (of a wind instrument)
la main – the hand
levez les mains – raise the hands
main – hand
main droite – right hand