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tarogato

tarogato noun: a reed instrument originating from Hungary.

Noun

tarogato (plural tarogatos)

  1. a reed instrument originating from Hungary
    • Saturday night, with percussionist Gregg Bendian and bassist William Parker, he played a nearly model free-jazz gig: starting at absolute Mount Kilimanjaro intensity, two sets dipped and rose with the jagged topography of peaks and valleys, Brotzmann switching between tenor (his main ax), E-flat...1994 May 6, John Corbett, “Head Music”, in Chicago Reader
    • With his huge, coarse tone and urgent phrasing Brotzmann sounds like he could dominate any group using anything he plays, which includes saxophones, clarinets, and the tarogato, an eastern European reed instrument.2003 December 19, Bill Meyer, “Brotzmann/Drake Duo”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of tarogato

pluraltarogatos
alternative formtárogató

Origin of tarogato

Borrowed from Hungarian tárogató.

Questions about tarogato

What does tarogato mean?
Tarogato means a reed instrument originating from Hungary.
What part of speech is tarogato?
Tarogato is a noun.
What is the plural of tarogato?
The plural of tarogato is tarogatos.

Words near tarogato in the dictionary

  1. taro-patch fiddle
  2. taro-patch fiddles
  3. taroc
  4. tarocs
  5. tarof
  6. tarogato
  7. tarogatos
  8. tarok
  9. Taroko
  10. taroks
  11. taromancy

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