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tintinnabuli

tintinnabuli noun: a compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.

Noun

tintinnabuli (uncountable)

  1. A compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.

Origin of tintinnabuli

From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

Questions about tintinnabuli

What does tintinnabuli mean?
Tintinnabuli means a compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.
What part of speech is tintinnabuli?
Tintinnabuli is a noun.

Words near tintinnabuli in the dictionary

  1. tintinnabulates
  2. tintinnabulating
  3. tintinnabulation
  4. tintinnabulations
  5. tintinnabulatory
  6. tintinnabuli
  7. tintinnabulous
  8. tintinnabulum
  9. tintinnid
  10. tintinnids
  11. Tintinologist

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