obbligato
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/
obbligato (plural obbligatos)
- (music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). [from 19th c.]
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 281:
- 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 2010, p. 281:
- Italian: obbligato
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