gruppetto
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gruppetto
C19: from Italian, diminutive of gruppo a group, a turn
Example Sentences
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That first Tour proved a brutal baptism, a flat-out fight to hang on to the gruppetto, a daily struggle to survive amongst the fittest.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2013
The proper manner of writing the graceful gruppetto is here given—with an illustration following of how it is to be correctly played, and how it is incorrectly executed.
From On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
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