cross-string

[kraws-string, kros-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

cross-strung, cross-strung , cross-stringed, cross-stringing .

overstring.

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In the Adagio especially, she expanded freely on Vivaldi’s slow-moving, introspective melody and adorned phrase endings with cross-string trills, which, unlike the easier and more common single variety, have the clarity and definition of a keyboard trill.