Crossword-Solution: PIZZICATO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pizzicato | - | A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.) |
We have 5 clues for the answer “PIZZICATO”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Not arco | 1 answer |
| Plucked as violin strings | 1 answer |
| with a light plucking staccato sound | 1 answer |
| Not bowed | 2 answers |
| bow violin | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
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Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PIZZICATO (5)
All the fiddles strummed With tuning up; the wood-winds made a ring Of reedy bubbling noises, and the sting Of sharp, red brass pierced every ear-drum; patting From muffled tympani made a dark slatting Across the silver shimmering of flutes; A bassoon grunted, and an oboe wailed; The 'celli pizzicato-ed like great lutes, And mutterings of double basses trailed Away to silence, while loud harp-strings hailed Their thin, bright colours down in such a scatter They lost themselves amid the general clatter.
She sang the delicious duet of the 'Nabucodonosore,' with Count Pizzicato, with a bellezza, a grandezza, a raggio, that excited in the bosom of the audience a corresponding furore: her scherzando was exquisite, though we confess we thought the concluding fioritura in the passage in Y flat a leetle, a very leetle sforzata.
All the changes in the score of the "Flying Dutchman" have been carefully copied into the parts, and I shall not forget the pizzicato you sent last.
The sensational piece, reserved for the end, is a trio on the 'chamecen', long and monotonous, that the geishas perform as a rapid pizzicato on the highest strings, very sharply struck.
The sensational piece, reserved for the end, is a trio on the ‘chamecen’, long and monotonous, that the geishas perform as a rapid pizzicato on the highest strings, very sharply struck.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, USA TODAY.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1995–2009).