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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