pizzicato

Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).

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pizzicato (not comparable)

1. (music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow.

   Synonym: pizz.

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pizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)

1. (music) A note that is played pizzicato
   • 2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times‎:

     “Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.

pizzicato m (feminine singular pizzicata, masculine plural pizzicati, feminine plural pizzicate)

1. past participle of pizzicare

pizzicato m (plural pizzicati)

1. (music) pizzicato

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