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spiccato definition

spic·cato (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

Etymology: It, pp. of spiccare, to detach

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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