Sotto
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsəʊtəʊ/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Sotto is an adverb meaning Ellipsis of sotto voce.
Meaning
Ellipsis of sotto voce.
Example Sentences
The twelve string rings out but Jimi’s voice is sotto, intimate.
Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto.
‘Assuming these board scores are accurate reflectors of true capacity in this case,’ Academic Affairs says, his high voice serious and sotto,[…]
Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include below, suber, sutor, basse, subera, summary.
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