Très en dehors

As Printed on a Score

Printed over the line to be brought out, often with a hand indication — m.g. très en dehors — or beside a solo in an orchestral part. It applies to that line for the phrase or passage, until an effacé, a new dynamic or a new character word.

Also spelled: tres en dehors

How Composers Use It

Très en dehors asks the marked line to stand well clear of everything around it — not necessarily loud overall, but louder than its neighbours, with more tone and weight. It is most needed where the melody lies in an inner or lower voice, as in Satie’s left-hand lines in Socrate. Help the balance by marking the surrounding parts softer rather than relying on the one word.

Example

Satie, Socrate, “Bords de l’Ilissus”, piano, m. 16: “m.g. très en dehors” — the left hand’s line brought well forward.

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