stretto

stretto Definition

stretto (stret′ō)

noun pl. -·tos or -·ti-ē

in a fugue, the following of the voices in close succession, esp. in the closing section
any concluding passage performed with a climactic increase in speed

Etymology: It < L strictus, tight, narrow: see strict

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