spiccato
[ spi-kah-toh; Italian speek-kah-taw ]
/ spɪˈkɑ toʊ; Italian spikˈkɑ tɔ /
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adjective
(of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
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Origin of spiccato
Words nearby spiccato
sphyrotomy, spic, spica, spica bandage, spicate, spiccato, spice, spiceberry, spicebush, spicebush swallowtail, Spice Islands
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British Dictionary definitions for spiccato
spiccato
/ (spɪˈkɑːtəʊ) music /
noun
a style of playing a bowed stringed instrument in which the bow bounces lightly off the strings
adjective, adverb
to be played in this manner
Word Origin for spiccato
Italian: detached, from spiccare to make distinct
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