arco

American

[ahr-koh] / ˈɑr koʊ /

adverb

Music.

(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.

Etymology

Origin of arco

1730–40; < Italian: bow < Latin arcus. See arc

Vocabulary lists containing arco

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Martinez hizo una señal con su arco y comenzó la primera canción.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

La amistad entre un niño diestro con el arco y la flecha, un viejo gitano y un chimpancé.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019

Griezmann con un disparo de larga distancia pero no llega al arco.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2016

"Treat Me Like Train Tracks" has a more nervous, interior, psychological feel, with an anxious, tapping beat, arco bass and warbling keyboard.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2011

In the time of Bach and Haendel the bow truly merited its Italian name of "arco."

From On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music by Saint-Saëns, Camille

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