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pizzicato

Pronunciation: /ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ/

Music
Definition of pizzicato

adverb

  • (often as a direction) plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one’s finger.

adjective

  • performed pizzicato: an inspired pizzicato movement by the Philharmonic strings

noun (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati /-ti/)

[mass noun]
  • the technique of playing pizzicato.
  • [count noun] a note or passage played pizzicato.

Origin:

Italian, literally 'pinched, twitched', past participle of pizzicare, based on pizza 'point, edge'

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