cambiata

[ kam-bee-ah-tuh ]

nounMusic.
  1. a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.

Origin of cambiata

1
<Italian: short for nota cambiata changed note; cambiata, feminine past participle of cambiare to change

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