Etymology

diviso

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Today it means: An instruction that a section of the orchestra (normally the strings) should divide itself into two, each taking separate parts normally notated on the same staff; either tutti or all'unisono cancels this instruction Full definition →

Italian diviso
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromdiviso
  2. English todaydiviso

Borrowed from Italian diviso (literally “divided”).

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