pizzicati
- plural of pizzicato.
Example Sentences
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In the first movement, she lined up emphatic pizzicati with the accents that Aimard plucked out of the solo part.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Their phrases had their own music, but it harmonized with Montgomery’s score and its oscillating rhythms, accelerating pizzicati, scraps of Gershwinesque melody, folk song twang and insect drones.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
The alluring array of sounds included woodblocklike pizzicati by Ms. Derham and, in the second movement’s “Nocturno,” hollowed-out timbres and glassy harmonics.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2014
Oompah pizzicati and offbeat percussion accents add to the sense of humor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2013
Closer it drew and now there came to me sweet, insistent tinklings—like pizzicati on violins of glass; crystal clear; diamonds melting into sounds!
From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham
