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sul ponticello

sul ponticello adverb: bowed near the bridge for the duration of a passage.

Adverb

sul ponticello (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly violin) Bowed near the bridge for the duration of a passage

Origin of sul ponticello

From Italian.

Questions about sul ponticello

What does sul ponticello mean?
Sul ponticello means bowed near the bridge for the duration of a passage.
What part of speech is sul ponticello?
Sul ponticello is an adverb.

Words near sul ponticello in the dictionary

  1. sukuns
  2. suky
  3. sukūn
  4. sukūns
  5. Sul
  6. sul ponticello
  7. sul tasto
  8. Sula
  9. Sulafat
  10. Sulahian
  11. Sulahians

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