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PIZZICATO (from Ital. pizzicare, to pluck or twitch)

PIZZICATO (from Ital. pizzicare, to See also:
PLUCK
pluck or twitch) , a See also:

TERM

term in See also:

MUSIC

music for a direction to the players of stringed See also:

INSTRUMENTS

instruments, that the passage so marked is to be played by plucking the strings with the fingers instead of using the See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow .

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