plainte

Definition of the French term plainte in music:

1. complaint
2. moan, groan
3. slow and mournful composition (especially in French music in the 17th and 18th century)
4. slide (ornament of two short notes moving stepwise to the main note, typically upward and starting on the beat)
5. one-finger vibrato (vibrato executed with the fourth finger on the viol when standard two-finger vibrato is not possible)
6. a pulsating vocal technique
7. downward glissando (continuous slide from one note down to another)

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