positif
Definition of the French term positif in music:
- choir division (secondary division of an organ, containing softer stops often used for accompaniment)
- choir manual (keyboard of an organ used to play the choir division)
- positive organ (somewhat small pipe organ designed to be moveable)
Language
French
Singular
positif
Plural
positifs
Abbreviation
Pos.
Synonym
(3) orgue positif
Combinations
French musical terms that include positif:
Musical examples
Music scores that include positif:
- Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 1 (1874) Page 1
- Charles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 (1901) Page 1
- Edward Elgar: Organ Sonata (1895) Page 1
- Guy Ropartz: Introduction et Allegro Moderato (1917) Page 1
- Jehan Alain: 3 Danses (1938) Page 1
- Jehan Alain: Litanies (1937) Page 1
- Robert Schumann: 6 Fugues on B.A.C.H.: No. 6 (1845‑1848) Page 1
- Samuel Alexandre Rousseau: Fantaisie pour orgue (1894) Page 1