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spiccato Definition


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spiccato
adj, adverb
    1. music.
      Said of a style of staccato on stringed instruments: played with a kind of light controlled bouncing movement of the bow.
noun
    spiccatos
    1. A piece of music or a series of notes played in this way.
Etymology: 18c: Italian, meaning ‘detached'.



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