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passagework
[ pas-ij-wurk ]
noun
, Music.
- writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character:
passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- the performance of such writing:
The pianist's passagework is brilliantly clear and smooth.
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