Pizzicato

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Played by plucking rather than bowing the strings.
  • n. A pizzicato note or passage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. An instruction to players of stringed instruments to pluck the strings instead of using the bow. Abbreviation: pizz.
  • n. A stretch of music that is played pizzicato
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In music for stringed instruments of the viol family, noting the manner of playing, or the effect produced, when the strings are plucked or twanged by the finger, as in harp-playing, instead of sounded by means of the bow.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a note or passage that is played pizzicato
  • adj. (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
  • ad. with a light plucking staccato sound
    • Equivalent
    plucked   
    Antonym
    arco   
    Hypernym
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    music   
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