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(music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow. examples
plural pizzicatos or pizzicati
(music) A note that is played pizzicato quotations examples
The music is weaving / Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
1981, “Vienna”, performed by Ultravox
“Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.
2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times