trio
Definition of the French term trio in music:
- trio (composition for three voices and/or instruments)
- trio (ensemble of three singers and/or musicians)
- composition type often used as the contrasting middle section of a dance movement (such as a minuet or scherzo)
Language
French
Singular
trio
Plural
trios
Combinations
French musical terms that include trio:
- sonate en trio – trio sonata (genre in the Baroque era, written for...
Musical examples
Music scores that include trio:
- Charles-Marie Widor: 6 Duos (1867) Page 3
- Ernest Gillet: Miss Clementina (1904) Page 3
- Sergey Yevseyev: Poème héroïque (1925) Page 1
Related terms
French musical terms related to trio:
- dixtuor – decet (composition for ten voices and/or instrumen...
- duo – duet (composition for two parts)...
- nonette – nonet (composition for nine voices and/or instrume...
- octuor – octet (composition for eight voices and/or instrum...
- quartette – quartet (composition for four voices and/or instru...
- quatuor – quartet (composition for four voices and/or instru...
- quintette – quintet (composition for five voices and/or instru...
- quintuor – quintet (composition for five voices and/or instru...
- septuor – septet (composition for seven voices and/or instru...
- sextuor – sextet (composition for six voices and/or instrume...