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stretto (stret′ō)

noun pl. strettos -·tos or stretti -·ti (-ē)

  1. in a fugue, the following of the voices in close succession, esp. in the closing section
  2. any concluding passage performed with a climactic increase in speed
    also stretta stret′ta (-ə)

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

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