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PIZZICATO [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

[In violin playing,] plucking strings with fingers ...

OBS

Plural: pizzicati.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Dans la technique du violon et du violoncelle, pratique qui consiste à mettre les cordes en vibration avec les doigts de la main droite, pouce ou index.

OBS

Pluriel : des pizzicatos ou plur. it. des pizzicati.

OBS

pizzicatos (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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