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Definition of: pizzicato
(pit′sə·kä′tō, Ital. pēt′tsē·kä′tō) Music adjective
Plucked: a direction to the performer that the notes for a bowed instrument are to be played with the fingers.
—noun plural ·ti (-tē) A musical movement or phrase played by plucking the strings. [<Ital., orig. pp. of pizzicare pluck, pinch <pizzare <picciare peck <picco a beak]
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