Etymology

sul tasto

Today it means: Bowed near the fingerboard for the duration of a passage Full definition →

Italian sul tasto
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsul tasto“on the fingerboard”
  2. English todaysul tasto

Borrowed from Italian sul tasto (“on the fingerboard”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.