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| sec·co [ sékō ] |
noun (plural sec·cos) |
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1. graphic arts wall painting technique: the technique of wall painting on dry plaster using tempera or pigments ground in limewater
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2. graphic arts picture painted on wall: a painting on a wall made by the secco method
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3. music recitative style: a style of vocal recitative in which the natural stress of the words is paramount and, if accompanied at all, is supported only by occasional chords of continuo instruments
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adjective |
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1. accompanied only by continuo instruments: used to refer to vocal recitatives that are unaccompanied or accompanied only by occasional chords of continuo instruments
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2. staccato: played and released quickly and lacking resonance
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used as a musical direction
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adverb |
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music in staccato manner: with the notes played and released quickly and without resonance
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used as a musical direction
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| [Mid-19th century. Via Italian< Latin siccus "dry"] |
