Gewöhnlich: meaning and use in music

Gewöhnlich means ordinary or normal: resume the locally conventional production; write the German word in full.

DE gewöhnlich return_to_ordinary_playing_cancellation_return_to_normal_gewohnlich_normalt core term Support my free tools

How is gewöhnlich played?

Return from the preceding special technique or colour to the ordinary way of playing for the instrument and passage. The reset is local: it does not prescribe one universal contact point, articulation, dynamic or timbre and does not cancel unrelated instructions that still apply.

How does gewöhnlich sound?

normal sound

In context

Gewöhnlich is a German ordinary-playing instruction. It is related to wie gewöhnlich but is a separate exact headword, and its target must be inferred from the preceding altered state. No proposed shortening reached three independent direct musical expansions, so gewöhnlich remains written out.

Equivalent terms

  • IT ordinario
  • IT ord.
  • FR ordinaire
  • EN ordinary
  • EN normal
  • DA normalt
  • DA som normalt

Music theory and score context

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