English > Spanish glossary of musical terms

Although music is a universal language, names are still different between a language and the other.

español > inglés

bar > compás
chord > acorde
clef > clave
crotchet > negra
dot > puntillo
eighth note > corchea
flat > bemol
half note > blanca
interval > intervalo
inversion > inversión
key signature > tonalidad
ledger line > línea auxiliar
measure > compás
minim > blanca
natural > becuadro
ninth chord > acorde noveno
note > nota
octave > octava
quarter note > negra
quaver > corchea
rest > silencio
semi breve > redonda
semi quaver > semicorchea
seventh chord > acorde sétimo
sharp > sostenido
sixteenth note > semicorchea
staff > pentagrama
tie > ligadura
time signature > marca de tiempo
transpose > transportar
whole > redonda

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