spiccato

(spi kät′ō)

adjective

Musical Direction played with the bow wrist relaxed so that the bow of the violin, viola, etc. rebounds rapidly between notes

Origin: It, pp. of spiccare, to detach

See spiccato in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. spic·ca·tos

A technique of bowing in which the bow is made to bounce slightly from the string.

adjective

Of or employing spiccato.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , past participle of spiccare, to separate

Origin: : s-, from; see sfumato

Origin: + piccare, to pierce, impale (from Vulgar Latin *piccāre; see pick¹)

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