traversière
Definition of the French term traversière in music:
- transverse flute (side-blown flute held horizontally when played)
- Western concert flute
- organ flute stop usually of 8' or 4' pitch designed to imitate the sound of the Western concert flute or its predecessors (equivalent to "Concert flute" or "Orchestral flute" in English, "Querflöte" or "Traversflöte" in German, and "Flauto traverso" in Italian)
Language
French
Singular
traversière
Plural
traversières
Abbreviation
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Synonyms
Combinations
French musical terms that include traversière:
- flûte traversière – transverse flute (side-blown flute held horizontal...
- flûte traversière baroque – traverso (transverse flute from the Baroque period...
Related terms
French musical terms related to traversière: