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parlando

Pronunciation: /pɑːˈlandəʊ/

Music
Definition of parlando

adverb & adjective

  • (with reference to singing) expressive or declamatory in the manner of speech.

noun

[mass noun]
  • composition or performance in a parlando manner: the high-lying parlando of Siegfried’s narration

Origin:

Italian, literally 'speaking'

parlando in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of parlando in the US English dictionary