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Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a dyue
"オーボエがア・デュエで演奏します。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Played or sung by two voices or instruments together, typically after having been divided.
"The oboes return a-due in the second measure of the theme."
- 1
Designating a musical passage intended to be performed by two instruments or voices in unison.
"The conductor asked the string section to emphasize the a-due passage."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed directly from Italian musical terminology, deriving from the preposition 'a' meaning 'to' or 'by' and 'due' meaning 'two' (from Latin 'duo'). Historically adopted into English musical notation and vocabulary in the 18th and 19th centuries to direct two instruments or voices to play or sing together.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "A-due" is said worldwide
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à deux
Transliteration: a dø
"Les deux flûtes jouent à deux dans cette mesure."
zu zweit
Transliteration: tsu tswaɪt
"Die Flöten spielen hier zu zweit."
a due
Transliteration: a ˈduːe
"I clarinetti suonano a due."
a dúo
Transliteration: a ˈdu.o
"Los violines entran a dúo."
a dois
Transliteration: a dojʃ
"Os trompetes tocam a dois."
दो साथ में
Transliteration: do saath mein
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"दोनों वाद्य यंत्र साथ में बजाते हैं।"
齐奏
Transliteration: qízòu
Script: 中文汉字
"双簧管在这里齐奏。"
이중주
Transliteration: ijungju
Script: 한국어 한글
"두 악기가 이중주로 연주합니다."
ア・デュエ
Transliteration: a dyue
Script: 日本語
"オーボエがア・デュエで演奏します。"
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