Bien marqué: meaning and use in music

clearly or well marked; write bien marqué in full.

FR bien marqué articulation common Support my free tools

clearly or well marked; write bien marqué in full

How is bien marqué played?

Give the figure a clear outline, deliberate emphasis and readable rhythmic profile. Bien strengthens marqué, but the phrase does not by itself require hardness, loudness, detachment or a tempo change; preserve elegance where the style asks for it. Dukas’s “Sans lenteur, bien marqué” names the no-slowing tempo condition separately. Follow local accents, slurs and dynamics for the precise means.

How does bien marqué sound?

The rhythm and contour stand clearly in the texture.

In context

French bien marqué means clearly or well marked. Dukas prints the complete phrase in variation X of his Rameau Variations, alongside the separate qualifier sans lenteur. No abbreviation of the exact French phrase met the independent-source threshold.

Equivalent terms

  • EN clearly marked
  • DA Klart udtrykt
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