traverso
Definition of the French term traverso in music:
- traverso (transverse flute from the Baroque period)
- 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, "Traversflöte" or "Querflöte" in German, and "Flauto traverso" in Italian)
Language
French
Singular
traverso
Plural
traversos
Abbreviation
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Related terms
French musical terms related to traverso:
- flauto da concerto – Western concert flute
- flauto da orchestre – Western concert flute
- flûte allemande – literally "German flute"...
- flûte contre-alto – contra-alto flute (concert flute pitched either on...
- flûte en sol – literally "flute in G"...
- flûte hyperbasse – hyperbass flute (pitched in C, four octaves below ...
- grande flûte – Western concert flute