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La musique
Music is a language unto itself, and yet we need our own language to talk about it. The French names for musical genres are often the same as in English, but there’s still plenty of French vocabulary to be learned.
music | la musique | |
musical | musical | |
musically | musicalement | |
musicality | la musicalité | |
beat | le temps | |
movement | le mouvement | |
rhythm | le rythme | |
song | une chanson | |
Types of music | Genres de musique | |
ambiant music | la musique d’ambiance | |
background music | la musique de fond | |
bland music | la musiquette | |
blues | le blues | |
classical music | la musique classique | |
country | la musique country | |
electronic music | la musique électronique | |
folk | le folk la musique folklorique |
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French variety music | la variété française | |
hip hop | le hip hop | |
house music | la musique house | |
jazz hot jazz cool jazz |
le jazz le hot le cool |
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Muzak | la musique d’ascenseur la musique de supermarché |
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pop | le pop la musique populaire |
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rap | le rap | |
rock | le rock | |
soul | la musique soul | |
People | Gens | |
musician | un musicien une musicienne |
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backup singer | le / la choriste | |
composer | le compositeur la compositrice |
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conductor | le chef d’orchestre | |
drummer | le batteur | |
guitarist | le / la guitariste | |
rapper | le rappeur la rappeuse |
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singer | le chanteur la chanteuse |
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singer-songwriter | l’auteur-compositeur | |
Instruments | Instruments | |
brass | les cuivres | |
keyboard | ` | à clavier |
percussion | à percussion | |
reed | à anche | |
string | à cordes | |
wind | à vent | |
Verbs | Verbes | |
to compose | composer | |
to listen to music to listen to the radio |
écouter de la musique écouter la radio* |
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to perform | interpréter | |
to play an instrument to play guitar to play piano |
jouer d’un instrument jouer de la guitare jouer du piano |
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to practice | s’exercer | |
to read music | lire la musique | |
to sing | chanter, interpréter | |
to write music | écrire, composer la musique |
* The verb écouter means "to listen to" so when followed by something like radio there is no preposition: écouter la radio. In écouter de la musique, de is not acting as a preposition, but is rather helping to create the partitive article: "to listen to some music."
Reading comprehension
Listening comprehension
Musical expressions
- Chanter comme une casserole
- Connaître la musique
- En deux temps, trois mouvements
- Mettre le doigt
- List of musical instruments
Music for French Mastery
Listening to music can be a fun and interesting way not only to experience some culture, but also to improve your French.
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