Musician & Sound Engineer Glossary

This is for working musicians and sound engineers. many of these words are not easy to find in dictionaries. Please contribute or suggest any additions or corrections.

accent = acento m.
accidental = alteración f.
amplifier = amplificador m.
bar = compas m
bar line = barra, linea divisoria
bass drum = bombo m. tambora f.
beat = tiempo m.
board / desk = consola f., mezclador m.
body (guitar) = cuerpo m. caja f.
boom ( stand) – jirafa
brass = metales m.
bridge ( song or guitar) = puente m.
channel = canal m.
chart = partitura f., papele m.
chord = acorde m.
chorus = ( choir or song) = coro m.
cover band = grupo versátil m., grupo de versions m.
crossed (clave) = cruzado / a
crossover = red de cruce f.
crosstalk = diafonia f.
cut (level) = v. atenuar , n. atenuación f.
cymbal = platillo m.
dep (UK) = suplido (m noun), suplir (verb) disc jockey = pincha discos
drum head = parche de tambor
drum stick = baqueta f.
effect = efecto m.
eighth note = corchea f.
electricity = luz f., electricidad f.
equalizer = ecualizador m.
feedback = acople(s) m, realimentación f., chillida f. fingering = digitacion f.
flat (eq) = plano
flat = bemol
flightcase = caja de transporte f.
FOH / front of house = sistema principal f.
fret = traste m
fretless = sin trastes
gain = ganancia f.
gig = tocada f., actuación f., hueso m. ( huesito = little gig) half note = blanca f.
head (amp or tape) = cabezal
head ( guitar) = clavijero m
hiss = soplido m.
horns = metales m.
impedance = impedancia f.in tune = afinado, a tono.
jack plug = plug m.
jack socket = jack de salida m.
jam, jam session = palomazo m.n. descargar v., descarga f.n. jobber = huesero/a
key (instrument) = tecla f.
key = tono m, tonalidad f.
key signature = armadura de la clave f.
keyboard = teclado
keyboardist = teclista , tecladista
kick drum = bombo
lyrics = letra f.
major = mayor
meter (electronic) = indicador m.
mic = micro m.
middle C = do central / do medio
minor = menor
mixing board / desk = consola f, mezclador, mesa f.
mode = modo f.
modulate = modular
monitor = monitor ( de scenario)
music stand = atril m.
mute = v. mutear n.enmudecimiento
natural sign = becuadro m.
neck = cuello m.
neodymium – neodimo
note = nota f.
nut ( guitar) = cejuela f.
ohm = ohmio m.
out of tune = desafinado
passing tone = nota de paso f.
perfect pitch = oido absoluto
pick (plectrum) = pua f.
pickguard = golpeador m.
pickup = pastilla f.
piezo pickup = captador piezoelectronico m.
power = potencia f.
power (electricity) = luz f., electricidad f.
powered (speakers) = auto amplificado
private gig = evento m.
quarter note = negra f.
rehearsal = ensayo m.
repeat = n. repetición f.
rest = silencio m.
scale = escala f.
screen = pantalla f.
sharp – sostenido m.
sheet music = partitura, papeles
sixteenth note = semicorchea
snake = culebra f.
snare drum = caja f.
soundcheck = prueba de sonido
soundman = sonidista
sound post ( violin family) = alma
speaker = bocina f.
staff = pentagrama
stage = escena , etapa, plataforma, escenario string (section) = cuerdas, arcos
string = cuerda f.
sub (US) = suplencia (m noun), suplir (verb)
tambourine = pandereta
thirty second note = fusa f.
time signature = indicacion de compas f. track = pista f.
transpose = transportar
truss rod = alma f.
tuner = afinador m.
union scale = del sindicato, tarifa sindical verse = estofa f.
watt = vatio m.
whole note = redonda f.
woodwind = maderas

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