variation
Definition of the French term variation in music:
- variation, change
- variation (repetition of a theme with changes in melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, orchestration, or a combination of these)
Language
French
Singular
variation
Plural
variations
Abbreviation
var.
Synonym
Combinations
French musical terms that include variation:
- cinquième variation – fifth variation
- deuxième variation – second variation
- première variation – first variation
- quatrième variation – fourth variation
- sixième variation – sixth variation
- troisième variation – third variation
Musical examples
Music scores that include variation:
- Fernando Sor: Thême varié (ca. 1810) Page 1
- George Frideric Handel: Suite in D minor (1733) Page 3
Related terms
French musical terms related to variation:
- change – exchange...
- changement – change
- changer – to change, to switch
- changez – change (imperative)
- rechange – spare, alternative, change