seconde
Definition of the French term seconde in music:
- second (ordinal number)
- second (unit of time)
- second (interval of two degrees)
- second (the note a second above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
Language
French
Singular
seconde
Plural
secondes
Abbreviation
2e
Alt. abbreviations
2e2de2deIIeIIeIIdeIIde2ds (plural)2nds (plural)2des (plural)2s (plural)
Combinations
French musical terms that include seconde:
- canon à la seconde – canon at the second (canon in which the imitation ...
- le seconde prenant le – the second player taking the
- seconde augmentée – augmented second (interval of three half steps)...
- seconde diminuée – diminished second (interval of one half step)...
- seconde fois – second time (not in the sense of tempo)
- seconde majeure – major second (interval of two half steps)...
- seconde mineure – minor second (interval of one half step)...
- seconde moitié – second half
- seconde partie – second part, second portion, second section...
- secondes de chaque pupitre – second of each desk (music stand)
Musical examples
Music scores that include seconde:
- Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie (1885) Page 6
- Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 1
- Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E minor (1730) Page 1
- Matthijs Vermeulen: Cello Sonata No. 2 (1927‑38) Page 5
Related terms
French musical terms related to seconde: