tutti

American  

[too-tee, toot-tee] / ˈtu ti, ˈtut ti /

adjective

1. all; all the voices or instruments together.

2. intended for or performed by all (or most of ) the voices or instruments together, as a passage or movement in concert music (solo ).

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noun

plural

tuttis

1. a tutti passage or movement.

2. the tonal product or effect of a tutti performance.

tutti British  

/ ˈtʊtɪ /

adjective

1. music to be performed by the whole orchestra, choir, etc Compare soli

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Etymology

Origin of tutti

1715–25; < Italian, plural of tutto all

Example Sentences

But repeating his new mantra about the church as a place of welcome, he said “tutti, tutti, tutti” must be allowed in: Everyone, everyone, everyone.

From Washington Times

But the climaxes, satisfying and riotous as they may be, are not the final destination; even after the climactic-seeming tutti riffs in “The Shedding of Landscapes” comes a restive percussive section.

From New York Times

For example, the masculine form "tutti" is routinely used for "everyone", rather than the feminine "tutte".

From Reuters

Yet he also relished hairpin turns during which the music throttled into tutti writing.

From New York Times

Then, a series of escalating ruminations on another hymn, “Shall We Gather at the River?,” first on a solo viola, build up to a fiery orchestral tutti.

From New York Times