alternancia

English translation: alternation

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Spanish term or phrase:alternancia
English translation:alternation
Entered by: Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)

03:56 Oct 13, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Musical terms
Spanish term or phrase: alternancia
I have not been able to find the word in any of the dictionaries I have at hand, or in the Merriam-Webster's online.
A Google search yielded some hits, and in all instances the word was used in very lofty subjects. Most of the Web sites where the word appears are from non-English speaking countries, but I did find one from Brown University and another one from Harvard:

Alternancy symmetry: A unified viewpoint
Title: Alternancy symmetry: A unified viewpoint Authors: Koutecký, Jaroslav; Paldus,
Josef; Cízek, Jirí Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 83 ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985JChPh..83.1722K

In my case, I just finished translating a music book from Spanish into English, and the Spanish word "alternancia" appeared once, referring to a song structure where two styles of music alternate with each other:
"Con el paso del tiempo, la guaracha abandonó su estructura de copla y pregón, incorporó un coro cantado, perdió la ALTERNANCIA y adoptó el formato de la canción binaria."
I did not think much of it and translated is as "alternancy", but now that I am proofreading the project the Word spellchecker did not recognize it, so I dedided to research it. I also posted the question in the English-English pair
George Rabel
Local time: 00:47
alternation
Explanation:
A possibility. Hope it helps.

Dummies::Understanding Concertos in Classical Music - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... which is entirely possible, because the music at the ... A cadence is a simple falling
progression of harmonies, one ... A trill is the quick alternation of two notes ...
www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1127.html - 36k - En caché - Páginas similares

Music Definitions - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Cadenza: originally an improvised decoration of a cadence by a ... Morden: a formalized
ornament in Baroque music, involving a quick alternation between the ...
www.enjoythemusic.com/musicdefinition.htm - 53k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... one (a group in church singing sacred music—choir ... Structure; initium (2 /3 notes)--
tenor --melodic cadence. oAntiphon--- a chant sung in alternation w/ verses ...
www.public.asu.edu/~jwang2/ portfolio/western/resource%20bank1.html - 101k - En caché - Páginas similares

Music Dictionary - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... resolution of a chord, frequently as it occurs in a cadence. ... Tone - A note; the basis
of music. ... tr - A musical ornament performed by the rapid alternation of a ...
www.courtneysmusicsite.net/musicdictionary.html - 49k - En caché - Páginas similares
Arts Education Curriculum - Music Glossary - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... GLOSSARY. ... Repertoire: A collection of music that a student has learned and is prepared
to ... Rondo: A form based on alternation between a repeated section (A) and ...
www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/artsed/mglossar.htm - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Salsa & Merengue Society – Glossary: Rhythms & Styles (A–M) - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Strictly speaking not a rhythm itself but a phase in the playing of music. ... and Response:
where the lead singer or drummers improvise in alternation with the ...
www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/glosrham.html - 27k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Anton Bruckner - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... like character, sometimes counterpointed with music in dance rhythms. Slow movements
are often planned (as in Beethoven\'s Ninth) around the alternation of two ...
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/bruckner.html - 7k - 11 Oct 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 24 mins (2004-10-13 04:20:21 GMT)
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Music Analysis Links - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Motivated chords, Wolf 14. Alternation 15. ... BINARY, TERNARY, STROPHIC. Information
and Definitions Description of Binary and Ternary Music for Study: 1 ...
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/musan_linx.html - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 22:47
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This is it. Thank you very much to all!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3alternation
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4Alternativo
Rowan Morrell
3alternation
Exequiela Goldini
3alternance
William Pairman
3alternating character
Tatty


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
alternation


Explanation:
References:
But the switching that Geiss enjoys can take other forms as well.
It is precisely on this latter level where we find the most important justification forthe elaboration of the Six Suites for the viola. The form of the suite, itself, as well as thetype of notation used by Bach (with the continuous **alternation** of monody andpolyphony) are aspects that undoubtedly pertain to the very nature of the viola dagamba and its history. Moreover, we could also state that these elements are
www.glossamusic.com/downloads/pdf/920405_1.pdf

Sometimes it’s the program he chooses for a particular performance, such as the alternation of contemporary classical music and jazz that he will...
http://www.ricoreeds.com/geiss.html

set in this case to lively music in galliard rhythms, with the characteristic alternation of 6/4 and 3/2 patterns. Although it was written as a consort song for solo voice and four
http://www.aam.co.uk/index.htm?main>rec/index.htm&rmain&g...



Exequiela Goldini
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
alternation


Explanation:
A possibility. Hope it helps.

Dummies::Understanding Concertos in Classical Music - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... which is entirely possible, because the music at the ... A cadence is a simple falling
progression of harmonies, one ... A trill is the quick alternation of two notes ...
www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1127.html - 36k - En caché - Páginas similares

Music Definitions - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Cadenza: originally an improvised decoration of a cadence by a ... Morden: a formalized
ornament in Baroque music, involving a quick alternation between the ...
www.enjoythemusic.com/musicdefinition.htm - 53k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 19 mins (2004-10-13 04:15:43 GMT)
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Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... one (a group in church singing sacred music—choir ... Structure; initium (2 /3 notes)--
tenor --melodic cadence. oAntiphon--- a chant sung in alternation w/ verses ...
www.public.asu.edu/~jwang2/ portfolio/western/resource%20bank1.html - 101k - En caché - Páginas similares

Music Dictionary - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... resolution of a chord, frequently as it occurs in a cadence. ... Tone - A note; the basis
of music. ... tr - A musical ornament performed by the rapid alternation of a ...
www.courtneysmusicsite.net/musicdictionary.html - 49k - En caché - Páginas similares
Arts Education Curriculum - Music Glossary - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... GLOSSARY. ... Repertoire: A collection of music that a student has learned and is prepared
to ... Rondo: A form based on alternation between a repeated section (A) and ...
www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/artsed/mglossar.htm - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 21 mins (2004-10-13 04:17:34 GMT)
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Salsa & Merengue Society – Glossary: Rhythms & Styles (A–M) - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Strictly speaking not a rhythm itself but a phase in the playing of music. ... and Response:
where the lead singer or drummers improvise in alternation with the ...
www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/glosrham.html - 27k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 22 mins (2004-10-13 04:18:56 GMT)
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Anton Bruckner - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... like character, sometimes counterpointed with music in dance rhythms. Slow movements
are often planned (as in Beethoven\'s Ninth) around the alternation of two ...
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/bruckner.html - 7k - 11 Oct 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 24 mins (2004-10-13 04:20:21 GMT)
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Music Analysis Links - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Motivated chords, Wolf 14. Alternation 15. ... BINARY, TERNARY, STROPHIC. Information
and Definitions Description of Binary and Ternary Music for Study: 1 ...
jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/musan_linx.html - 25k - En caché - Páginas similares

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
This is it. Thank you very much to all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nothing
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, colleagues!!

agree  sonja29 (X)
8 hrs

agree  Maria Carla Di Giacinti
20 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Alternativo


Explanation:
Has been suggested for your equivalent monolingual English question, but now I can quote from the Oxford Dictionary of Music to support my answer here, and the other guy's answer in the monolingual English query!

"Name applied in early 18th cent. mus. in dance style to a contrasting middle section (later called Trio). Sometimes used of a whole comp., apparently implying that the 2 sections may be alternated at will."

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
alternance


Explanation:
another possibility

Amazing drums by Richard Christy, awesome alternance of solos between Schuldiner
and Hamm, and ... This is just music, made for those who really can feel it, who ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/B00002EPMF?v=glance

MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION. Composer Name: Makoto Shinohara. Composition Name: Alternance for percussion. Composition Date: 1962 ...
www.musicfromjapan.org/resources/m4w14.htm

BERBER OR RURAL MUSIC : Inspired by the captivating beauty of the Moroccan ... women with their elbows brushing, progressively beat time in a strict alternance. ...
www.matchtours.com/history/music.htm

William Pairman
Spain
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
alternating character


Explanation:
An option, there are numerous references to it in connection to music on the Internet.

Tatty
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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