Grupetto
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grupetto is a noun meaning (music) A group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
Meaning
(music) A group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
More Meanings
- A small group.
- (professional road cycling) The trailing group of riders in a stage race that tries to finish the race stage in which it was formed at a time just under the cut-off time for when they would otherwise be disqualified from continuing on to the next stage of the race.
Word Forms
- grupettos
- gruppetto
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include group, turnaround, line, quintole, turn, cluster.
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