piqué

Definition of the French term piqué in music:

spiccato (bowing technique where the bow bounces lightly on the string, producing short and detached notes)

Language

French

Singular

piqué (m)piquée (f)

Plural

piqués (m)piquées (f)

Music scores that include piqué:

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orphée (1721) Page 2

French musical terms related to piqué:

à la corde – on the string...
à la pointe – at the tip (of the bow)
à la pointe de l'archet – at the tip of the bow
allonger l'archet – to lengthen the stroke of the bow
arco de la pointe – bow with the point of the bow
arrêter l'archet – stop the bow
au talon – at the frog of the bow
avec l'archet – with the bow
avec la pointe – with the tip (of the bow)
avec la pointe de l'archet – with the tip of the bow
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...
avec le talon – with the frog of the bow
avec tout l'archet – with the whole bow
avec toute la longueur de l'archet – with the full length of the bow
bariolage – bariolage (bowing technique involving rapid altern...
beaucoup d'archet – a lot of bow (many bow changes)
bout de l'archet – point of the bow
coup d'archet – bow stroke
de la pointe – from the tip (of the bow)
de la pointe de l'archet – from the tip of the bow
du milieu de l'archet – at the middle of the bow
du talon – at the frog of the bow
en jetant l'archet – literally "while throwing the bow"...
glisser tout le long de l'archet – glide the full bow
große Strich – full bow strokes
jeté – thrown...
l'archet a la corde – the bow on the string (so the notes are played leg...
l'archet bien à la corde – the bow kept on the string (so the notes are playe...
l'archet de toute sa longueur – the bow at its full length
martelé – hammered, strongly accented...
marteler – to hammer, to strongly accent...
milieu de l'archet – middle of the bow
notes piquées – spiccato notes (bowing technique where the bow bou...
pointe – point (of the bow)
pointe d'archet – point of the bow
poussé – up-bow (upstroke in bowing)...
poussez – up-bow (upstroke in bowing)...
reprendre l'archet – pick up the bow again
ricochet – bounce, rebound...
sautillé – hopped, skipped, springed, bounced...
sur la touche – on the fingerboard (direction for string instrumen...
sur le bois – with the wood (strike the string with the wood of ...
tiré – drawn, pulled...
tirer – to draw, to pull...
tirez – draw, pull...
tirez toujours – always down bow (bow stroke that starts at the hee...
tout l'archet – with the full bow
tout l'archet sur chaque note – with the full bow on every note
très à la corde – very much on the string (the bow kept on the strin...
vers la pointe – towards the tip (of the bow)
vers la touche – towards the fingerboard (direction for string inst...

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