línea descendente

English translation: descending line

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Spanish term or phrase:línea descendente
English translation:descending line
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

14:04 Jul 28, 2022
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Art/Literary - Music / Argentine milonga
Spanish term or phrase: línea descendente
This is a text describing the Rio de la Plata milonga as a type of music:

...en sus comienzos la milonga era un canto que podía consistir en la repetición de coplas previamente memorizadas, o ser el fruto de la inspiración repentina. Su melodía era una melopea repetida, por lo general de línea descendente. La música no importaba demasiado, y era similar en todos los casos, pues su función era sólo la de acompañar un texto, que sí podía ser de variado tenor.
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 19:53
descending line
Explanation:


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https://youtu.be/hy5nRN-rmJY
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Sandro Tomasi
Local time: 18:53
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Summary of answers provided
3descending line
Sandro Tomasi
3(the melody) moves in a downward slope
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3falling (melody)
Matthew McDonald
3 -1A descending scale
ormiston


  

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descending line


Explanation:


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Note added at 23 mins (2022-07-28 14:27:44 GMT)
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https://youtu.be/hy5nRN-rmJY

Sandro Tomasi
Local time: 18:53
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Gracias!
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(the melody) moves in a downward slope


Explanation:
That's what I found by doing some googling.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 18:53
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
A descending scale


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwig...

ormiston
Local time: 00:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sandro Tomasi: A descending scale is not the same as a descending melody, e.g., 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 vs. 5, 3, 2, 1.
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
falling (melody)


Explanation:
There are various ways of saying this: one of them being the translation I proposed. Also consider: "downward-moving (phrase)" or some of the other suggestions our colleagues posted. Consider that a melody of this sort (based on my musical knowledge and the research I did briefly), goes down in terms of the notes on the scale, so you could employ any word that suggests that downward movement of the notes on an instrument (similar to saying downward on the scale, too). The opposite of my translation would be a rising melody (as may be obvious).

Matthew McDonald
Argentina
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sandro Tomasi: Yes, there are various ways of saying this. But why stray away from the author´s style when the literal translation is perfectly natural in English (as it is in Spanish)?
2 days 4 hrs
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