pointe

Definition of the French term pointe in music:

point (of the bow)

Language

French

Singular

pointe

Plural

pointes

French musical terms that include pointe:

à la pointe – at the tip (of the bow)
à la pointe de l'archet – at the tip of the bow
arco de la pointe – bow with the point of the bow
avec la pointe – with the tip (of the bow)
avec la pointe de l'archet – with the tip of the bow
de la pointe – from the tip (of the bow)
de la pointe de l'archet – from the tip of the bow
flûte à pointe – organ flute stop usually of 8' or 4' pitch constru...
pointe d'archet – point of the bow
vers la pointe – towards the tip (of the bow)

Music scores that include pointe:

Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 5

French musical terms related to pointe:

à la corde – on the string...
allonger l'archet – to lengthen the stroke of the bow
arrêter l'archet – stop the bow
au talon – at the frog of the bow
avec l'archet – with 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
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...
piqué – spiccato (bowing technique where the bow bounces l...
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 touche – towards the fingerboard (direction for string inst...

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