parlando

Definitions


[pɑːˈlandəʊ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- (with reference to singing) in an expressive or declamatory manner
(e.g: high detached chords signify a kind of epilogue, itself played parlando and dying out very slowly)


Phrases:

Origin:
Italian, literally ‘speaking’


[pɑːˈlandəʊ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of singing) expressive or declamatory
(e.g: its plaintive parlando style conveys a mood of pending uncertainty)


Phrases:

Origin:
Italian, literally ‘speaking’


[pɑːˈlandəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- composition or performance in a parlando manner
(e.g: the high-lying parlando of Siegfried's narration)


Phrases:

Origin:
Italian, literally ‘speaking’




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