tirasse
Definition of the French term tirasse in music:
- pedal coupler (device on a pipe organ that connects manual stops to the pedal, allowing them to sound when the pedals are played)
Language
French
Singular
tirasse
Plural
tirasses
Abbreviation
Tir.
Combinations
French musical terms that include tirasse:
- ôtez la tirasse – take off the pedal coupler
- ôtez tirasse – take off pedal coupler
- sans tirasse – without organ pedal coupler
- tirasse du grande orgue – organ pedal coupler of the great division
- tirasse du solo – pedal coupler on French organs that connects the s...
Musical examples
Music scores that include tirasse:
- Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 1 (1874) Page 1
- César Franck: 3 Chorals for Organ (1890) Page 1
- Guy Ropartz: Introduction et Allegro Moderato (1917) Page 1
- Jehan Alain: 3 Danses (1938) Page 2
- 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