| castrato | (noun) a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice | - |
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| inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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| legato | (adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: smooth |
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| (adverb) connecting the notes; in music | - |
| moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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| obbligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obligato |
| obligato | (noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission | Synonyms: obbligato |
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| (noun) a persistent but subordinate motif | Synonyms: obbligato |
| ostinato | (noun) a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition | - |
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| pizzicato | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger | - |
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| (noun) a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
| (adverb) with a light plucking staccato sound | - |
| potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| (noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
| rabato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rebato |
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| rebato | (noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century | Synonyms: rabato |
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| rubato | (noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat | - |
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| spiccato | (noun) bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings | Synonyms: spiccato bowing |
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| staccato | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: disconnected |
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| (adverb) separating the notes; in music | - |
| tomato | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | - |
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| (noun) native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant |
| vibrato | (noun) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch | - |
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