THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY at BERKLEE

M-SK 1302 INSTRUMENTATION/NOTATION 2

Non-English Names and Terms – Brass & Groups

For the following, indicate what the term means or indicates in English and supply the
language of the given term. Some terms are duplicated in different languages.

Blechinstrumente - )
Brass ( German

open ( french)
ouvert -
Italian)
Legni –
woodwinds (

Germany
GO
. . . . nehmen - change to /
Posaune -

Tromba -
Trombone (

trumpet
)
German

(Italian)
µ
bouché - stopped horns Grenon)
Bläserquintett - woodwind quintet German)
campane in aria - Bells in the air ( Italian)

Archi - how Italian)

Corno - horn ( Italian)

frullato - flutter tongue (Italian)

Ottoni - 7
french)
'

changez en . . . - change to (

schmetternd - Brassy German)

Fiati - woodwinds ( Italian)
Cordes - strings

offen - open (German)

stopped horns (
Italian
chiuso -

french)
Cuivres - brassy (
Holzbläser - woodwinds (German)
)
Blechquintett - brass quintet German
German)
Flatterzunge - flutter tongue (

Streichinstrumente - strings

Bois - woodwinds ( French )

muta in . . . . - change to ( Italian)

gestopft - stopped horns ( German

French)
Cuivré – Brassy (
aperto - open ( Italian) )
in winds
an timpani (German)
. . . nach . . . umstimmen - change . .
.
to .
.
.

quatuors à cordes - four strings Gfrenoh)

Bassposaune - bass trombone Kerman)