pizzicato

/pit-si-kah-toh; Italian peet-tsee-kah-taw/US // ˌpɪt sɪˈkɑ toʊ; Italian ˌpit tsiˈkɑ tɔ //UK // (ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ) music //

拨奏,拨弦,拨弦乐器,拨片

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : played by plucking the strings with the finger instead of using the bow, as on a violin.

n.名词 noun

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plural piz·zi·ca·ti [pit-si-kah-tee; Italian peet-tsee-kah-tee]. /ˌpɪt sɪˈkɑ ti; Italian ˌpit tsiˈkɑ ti/.
- : a note or passage so played.

As additional methods facilitating in some cases the transfer of stops must be named the "double touch" and the "pizzicato touch."
When playing upon a soft combination on the Great, the organist may draw the Swell to Great "pizzicato" coupler.
And the third movement is got under way, till we reach a pizzicato passage which Sally begins playing with the bow by mistake.
At first only the string orchestra is heard, always pizzicato.
Difficult pizzicato passages and runs in thirds and tenths at top speed are but as child's play to him.