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pizzicato


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pizzicato  \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.) 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pizzicato 
  adj  :  (of  instruments  in  the  violin  family)  to  be  plucked  with  the 
  finger 
  adv  :  (music)  with  a  light  plucking  staccato  sound 




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