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obbligati

obbligati is the plural of obbligato.

Meaning of obbligato

Noun

obbligato (plural obbligatos or obbligati)

  1. An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range).
    • The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 281

Questions about obbligati

What is obbligati the plural of?
Obbligati is the plural of obbligato.

Words near obbligati in the dictionary

  1. OBBB
  2. OBBBA
  3. Obbenite
  4. Obbenites
  5. obbies
  6. obbligati
  7. obbligato
  8. obbligatos
  9. obbo
  10. obbos
  11. Obbrussel

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