tintinnabuli
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).
Noun
[edit]tintinnabuli (uncountable)
- (music) A compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]tintinnābulī