- motor off
- motor on
- motor on, slow
- motor on, fast
Any percussion help? (translations)
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Any percussion help? (translations)
Hi, I'm looking for the correct idiomatic French terminology to use for technique instructions in a vibraphone part, specifically:
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Re: Any percussion help? (translations)
What about: sans motour/sans vibrato; avec moteur/avec vibrato; vibrato lent; vibrato rapide? But I think English would be OK, as most of the percussion "vocabulary" is in English (mallets etc.).
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Re: Any percussion help? (translations)
In these case, I use the following:
- sans moteur
- avec moteur
- avec moteur, vitesse lente / or shorter: moteur, vit. lente
- avec moteur, vitesse rapide / or shorter: moteur, vit. rapide
Re: Any percussion help? (translations)
I suspect that "moteur lent" and "moteur rapide" would be equally understood (as well as shorter)
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Re: Any percussion help? (translations)
FWIW I see Boulez in his directions for the vibraphone refers to vibrato in various ways: thus sans vibrato, vibrato lent, vibrato normal, vibrato moyen and so on.
However, given that directions in English (including my own - see screenshot) usually refer to ‘motor on’ &c, a direct French translation of the English may be best.
However, given that directions in English (including my own - see screenshot) usually refer to ‘motor on’ &c, a direct French translation of the English may be best.
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