Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier
Translated by Tobias Plebuch and Derek Remeš
Introduction
Glossary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Versuch | Modern German | English | Citations/Comments |
|---|
| A (↑) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abgunst | Missgunst | enviousness | |
| Acht-Theil, Achttheil | Achtelnote | 8th note, quaver | |
| Andeutung | Bezeichnung | Indication | |
| Anschlag, anschlagen | attack, touch, strike, reach | ||
| Applicatur | fingering | ||
| Aufgabe | chord | ||
| Augenmerck | Orientierungspunkt | point of orientation (for other musicians in an ensemble) | |
| Ausnahme | Ausnahme, Wirkung, Aufführung | exception, execution, effect | |
| B (↑) | |||
| Bebung | Bebung, Vibrato | vibrato | |
| Bedenken | compunction, misgivings | ||
| Bindung, Bindungen | Bindung, Bindungen | held notes, legato, prepared dissonance, substitutions, suspensions, ties | |
| Brechungen | gebrochene Akkorde | broken chords | |
| bunt (bunte Noten, Figuren, Passagien) | colorful, complicated, fanciful, fancy, flamboyant, gratuitous, ornate | ||
| D (↑) | |||
| Discretion | Urteilsvermögen | discretion | |
| E (↑) | |||
| eigentlich | ordinary | ||
| F (↑) | |||
| falsche Quinte | verminderte Quinte | diminished fifth | |
| Figur, Figuren | figure(s) [= passage(s)], example(s), written-out execution(s) [II:2.4, §36], shape(s) [II:3, §16], group(s) [II:3, §18], combination(s) [II:3, §24], figure(s) [= sign(s)] [II:30, §3] | ||
| Fleiß (mit Fleiß) | mit Absicht | intentionally | |
| G (↑) | |||
| Gedanke, Gedanken | musical thought, passage | ||
| genung, genungsam | genug | enough | |
| geschicht | geschieht | happens | |
| Gesicht | Sehsinn | sense of sight | |
| geteiltes Accompagnement | weite Lage | split position | |
| gezogen, ziehen | gebunden, binden | sustained, legato | |
| gleicher Tact | gerader Takt | duple meter | |
| gründlich | gründlich | reasonable (based on reason) | |
| H (↑) | |||
| Handsache, Handstück | a written-out keyboard piece | ||
| halber Ton | Obertaste | raised key (e.g., a black key on the modern piano) [see I:1, § 21] | |
| harte Tonart | Dur | major key | |
| Hauptstimme | Hauptstimme | principal voice | |
| I (↑) | |||
| Information | Unterricht | instruction, lesson | |
| J (↑) | |||
| jung | dünn | thin | |
| K (↑) | |||
| Koller | |||
| M (↑) | |||
| mangelhaft | vermindert | diminished | |
| Menagement | Schonung | deference, attention | |
| Modulation | modulation, harmony | ||
| Murky, Murqui | Murky | Murky | |
| muß nicht | darf nicht | must not | |
| N (↑) | |||
| Nachschlag, Nachschläge | Nachschlag | termination, grace notes | |
| Nerven | Muskeln | muscles | |
| O (↑) | |||
| ob...schon | obschon | although | |
| P (↑) | |||
| Probestück, Probestücke | Probestück(e) | demonstration piece(s) | Piece(s) composed by Bach to illustrate concepts discussed in the Versuch. |
| R (↑) | |||
| Rechtswegen (von Rechtswegen) | rightful, rightfully | ||
| rückende Noten | Synkopen | syncopations | |
| Ruhezeichen | Fermate | fermata | |
| S (↑) | |||
| schlecht | schlicht | simple | |
| schlechter Tact | gerader Takt | common time | |
| Schleifung | Bindung | slur | |
| schnellen | schnellen | snapping | A technique in harpsichord/clavichord playing whereby the tip of the finger is rapidly "snapped" off of the key |
| Schwärmer | Repetition | repetition | |
| Signatur | figure, figuration | ||
| Sitz | place, position | ||
| Spannung | stretch, reach, span, tensions | ||
| Stoßen | staccato | staccato | |
| T (↑) | |||
| Telemannischer Bogen | Telemann bow | ||
| Ton | Tonart | tonality | |
| Tort | Unrecht, Gewalt | violation | |
| Tragen der Töne | Portato | portato | |
| Trommel-Bass | |||
| U (↑) | |||
| überflüßig | übermäßig | augmented | |
| überschlagen | überschlagen | Passing one finger over another | |
| uneigentlich | |||
| ungleicher Tact | ungerade Takt | triple meter | |
| unterhaltenen | ausgehalten | sustained | |
| untersetzen | untersetzen | Passing one finger under another | |
| V (↑) | |||
| verführerisch | heikel, irreführend | tricky, misleading | |
| vernünftig | reasonable | ||
| verständig | reasonable, sensible, knowledgeable | ||
| viereckigte Be | Auflösungszeichen | natural | |
| Viertheil | Viertelnote | quarter note, crotchet | |
| vor | für | for, as | |
| Vorschlag | Vorschlag, Vorhalt | appoggiatura, suspension | |
| Vorwurff | Gegenstand | subject matter | |
| W (↑) | |||
| weicher Tonart | Moll | minor key | |
| Wissenschaft | Wissenschaft, Kenntnis | science, knowledge | |
| worzu | wozu | where | |
| Z (↑) | |||
| Z. E. | Zum Exempel | for example | |
| Zeitmaß | Tempo | tempo | |
| ziehen, gezogen | binden, gebunden | sustained, legato |