"Pizzicato" is a musical technique where strings are played by plucking rather than bowing. It also refers to a note or passage played this way.
"Pizzicato" es una técnica musical en la que las cuerdas se tocan pellizcándolas en lugar de usar el arco. También se refiere a una nota o pasaje tocado de esta manera.
| Front | pizzicato \pit-si-KA-toe\ |
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| Back | adjective Played by plucking rather than bowing the strings. noun A pizzicato note or passage. [Italian, past participle of pizzicare, to pluck, from pizzare, to prick, from pizzo, point.] "The band employs a violinist and accordionist, and both are masters of their instruments' diverse qualities - a gentle middle-Eastern drone here, some pizzicato offbeat there." |
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