Traverso
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Traverso is a noun meaning (music) A transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.
Meaning
(music) A transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.
Example Sentences
The historical range will be confined basically to the 17th and 18th centuries, Mr. Polisi added, because the Baroque and Classical repertory allows students to transfer their skills between instruments, with, say, conventional string players adapting to gut strings and Baroque bows, and modern flutists to wooden traversos.
Word Forms
- traversos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trifurcation, bifora, cross, stretto, trichording, quadrivalve.
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