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pizzicato Definition


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pizzicato
adj, adverb
    1. Said of music for stringed instruments: played using the fingers to pluck the strings.
noun pizzicatos
    1. A passage of music to be played in this way.
    2. The playing or technique of playing a piece by plucking.
Etymology: 19c: Italian, literally ‘twitched'.



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