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grupetto

grupetto noun: a group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.

Noun

grupetto (plural grupettos)

  1. A group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
  2. A small group.
  3. (professional road cycling) The trailing group of riders in a stage race that tries to finish the race stage in which it was formed at a time just under the cut-off time for when they would otherwise be disqualified from continuing on to the next stage of the race.

Forms of grupetto

pluralgrupettos
alternative formgruppetto
alternative formgroupetto

Origin of grupetto

Borrowed from Italian.

Questions about grupetto

What does grupetto mean?
Grupetto means a group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
What part of speech is grupetto?
Grupetto is a noun.
What is the plural of grupetto?
The plural of grupetto is grupettos.

Words near grupetto in the dictionary

  1. Grunwald
  2. Grunwalds
  3. Grupe
  4. grupero
  5. Grupes
  6. grupetto
  7. grupettos
  8. Grupp
  9. Gruppenflexion
  10. gruppetti
  11. gruppetto

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