tierce
Definition of the French term tierce in music:
- third (interval of three degrees)
- third (the note a third above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
- organ flute mutation stop of 1⅗' pitch on the manuals (used with an 8' stop) and 3⅕' pitch on the pedals (used with a 16' stop), sounding a seventeenth (two octaves and a second) above the note played (equivalent to "Seventeenth" in English, "Terz" in German, "Decima" in Italian, and "Tertia" in Latin)
Language
French
Singular
tierce
Plural
tierces
Combinations
French musical terms that include tierce:
- canon à la tierce – canon at the third (canon in which the imitation b...
- flûte tierce – soprano flute
- tierce augmentée – augmented third (interval of five half steps)...
- tierce coulée – musical ornament consisting of a rapid slide from ...
- tierce diminuée – diminished third (interval of two half steps)...
- tierce en taille – organ piece where the tenor voice is played using ...
- tierce majeure – major third (interval of four half steps)...
- tierce mineure – minor third (interval of three half steps)...
- tierce picarde – Picardy third
Related terms
French musical terms related to tierce: