----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: French translation
This subject actually comes at the perfect time (coincidence?) I am preparing some text in French with the help of the software Antidote (spelling, dictionary, grammar in French) and I need to refer to both the "fourth note" and the interval of a fourth.PB: seconde = 2de, tierce = 3ce, quarte = 4te, quinte = 5te, sixte = 6te, septi�me = I think you can use 7�me in music abbreviations instead of 7e , octave = 8ve.
In English they are the same, and I know that the French abbreviation of a series is 2e, 3e, 4e, etc., but Antidote won't let me use 4te for the interval of a 4th (quarte). Is 4te actually the correct abbreviation? And what do you use for the interval of a 7th (septi�me), is it 7e, same as the series? What about octave (huiti�me sounds wrong to my ear)?
Are the abbreviations 4�me, 5�me, etc., never used in proper French?
PB : They are never used in French typography rules.
Please remember that I am in Quebec, where there may be slight variations from European usage.
PB : I don't know the quebec typography rules...
Pierre.
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