obbligato
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/
Noun

obbligato (plural obbligatos)

  1. (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.
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