taille
Definition of the French term taille in music:
- alto oboe (Baroque tenor oboe in F)
- tenor viola
- baritenor
- any instrument that plays the tenor part in an orchestra
- tenor voice (obsolete meaning)
Language
French
Singular
taille
Plural
tailles
Abbreviation
Tl.
Synonym
Combinations
French musical terms that include taille:
- basse-taille – low tenor (the lowest tenor voice, equivalent to a...
- haute-taille – high tenor (the highest tenor voice)
- taille d'amour – early type of keyed horn
- taille de hautbois – alto oboe (Baroque tenor oboe in F)
- taille de viole – tenor viol (tenor viola da gamba)
- tierce en taille – organ piece where the tenor voice is played using ...
Musical examples
Music scores that include taille:
- Claude Le Jeune: D'une coline m'y proumenant (1603) Page 1
- Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737) Page 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret (1726) Page 1
Related terms
French musical terms related to taille:
- hautbois baroque – Baroque oboe
- hautbois baryton – bass oboe
- hautbois d'amour – oboe d'amore...
- hautbois de chasse – oboe da caccia
- hautbois piccolo – piccolo oboe...