French Vocabulary: Music & Dance (La musique et la danse)
Huge list of French vocabulary about Music and Dance: types of music, musical instruments and types of dance in French.
Studying the French language and culture will never be complete without getting exposed to its music.
From types of music and instruments to dance in French, this useful vocabulary list will help you navigate your way through the wonderful French music… or at least give you an idea of what these things are called. Let’s get talking about music in French.
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- TYPES OF MUSICLES TYPES DE MUSIQUE
- classical musicla musique classique
- country musicla musique country
- jazzle jazz
- pop musicla musique pop
- rap musicla musique rap
- reggae musicle reggae
- rockle rock
- sonatala sonate
- symphonyla symphonie
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSLES INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE
- accordionl’accordéon (m)
- acoustic guitarla guitare acoustique
- amplifierl’amplificateur (m)
- banjole banjo
- cellole violoncelle
- clarinetla clarinette
- drumle tambour
- drumsla batterie
- electric guitarla guitare électrique
- electronic keyboardle clavier électronique
- flutela flûte
- French hornle cor d’harmonie
- harmonical’harmonica (m)
- harpla harpe
- mandolinla mandoline
- organl’orgue (m)
- pianole piano
- saxophonele saxophone
- trumpetla trompette
- violinle violon
- TYPES OF DANCINGLES TYPES DE DANSE
- balletle ballet
- ballroom dancingla danse de salon
- classical dancela danse classique
- folk dancingla danse folklorique
- modern dancela danse moderne
- tap dancingles claquettes
We hope this gets you talking about music in French!
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