sul tasto

adverb

Bowed near the fingerboard for the duration of a passage

OriginItalian sul tasto →
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Meanings

adverbsul tasto (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechiefly violinentertainmentBowed near the fingerboard for the duration of a passage

Origin

  1. Italiansul tasto“on the fingerboard”
  2. Englishsul tasto

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

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