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pizzicato
[ pit-si-kah-toh; Italian peet-tsee-kah-taw ]
adjective
- played by plucking the strings with the finger instead of using the bow, as on a violin.
noun
, plural piz·zi·ca·ti [pit-si-, kah, -tee, peet-tsee-, kah, -tee].
- a note or passage so played.
pizzicato
/ ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ /
adjective
- (in music for the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
noun
- the style or technique of playing a normally bowed stringed instrument in this manner
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pizzicato1
1835–45; < Italian, past participle of pizzicare to pluck, pick, twang (a stringed instrument)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pizzicato1
C19: from Italian: pinched, from pizzicare to twist, twang
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Example Sentences
As additional methods facilitating in some cases the transfer of stops must be named the "double touch" and the "pizzicato touch."
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When playing upon a soft combination on the Great, the organist may draw the Swell to Great "pizzicato" coupler.
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And the third movement is got under way, till we reach a pizzicato passage which Sally begins playing with the bow by mistake.
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At first only the string orchestra is heard, always pizzicato.
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Difficult pizzicato passages and runs in thirds and tenths at top speed are but as child's play to him.
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