Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

harmoniques

English translation:

harmonics

Added to glossary by Ega
Jun 8, 2009 10:28
14 yrs ago
French term

harmoniques

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary Music
From piano music press review; sentence reads :" Collard extorquant du petit quart de queue dont il disposait des sonorités prodigues en harmoniques"
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 harmonics
4 +1 harmonics
Change log

Jun 8, 2009 10:28: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jun 8, 2009 11:07: Irene McClure changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Martin Cassell, Helen Shiner, Irene McClure

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Proposed translations

+4
4 mins
Selected

harmonics

GDT
Peer comment(s):

agree aubreydewet
1 min
Thanks!
agree George C. : indeed
2 mins
Thanks!
agree Sorina Grecu : i agree too
3 mins
agree Martin Cassell : "... rich in harmonics". even if one is not familiar with the field, this should be easy to find in pretty much any decent bilingual reference
7 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks again, and sorry for the non pro question, Ega"
+1
7 mins

harmonics

You can read about theory of harmonics and how they are produced in various basic music theory sites. See eg

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/harmonics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic

And also the music dictionaries which I signposted to you yesterday under your question on chords.
Peer comment(s):

agree Martin Cassell : just to underline your points about easily-available reference sources
11 mins
Thanks - I obviously didn't see Lipi's answer before posting!
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Reference comments

16 mins
Reference:

generalist refs

Harraps: "nom masculin
(a) Musique & (en acoustique) harmonic
(b) Physique harmonic, overtone"

R&C: "nom masculin
/Musique/ > harmonic"

R&C (EN>FR): "harmonics npl
“overtones” ▶ harmoniques mpl"
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Helen Shiner : Definitely a non-Pro question!
3 mins
Thanks Helen.
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