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Pizzicato

Pizzicato Meaning & Definition
Pizzicato Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pizzicato?

[adv] (music) with a light plucking staccato sound
[adj] (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pizzicato: plucked

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Pizzicato In Webster's Dictionary

\Piz`zi*ca"to\ [It., pinched.] (Mus.) A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

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