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1. (17th and 18th cents.) The splitting up of the notes of a tune into shorter notes, i.e. a form of variation; this was especially common in viol playing and was extemporized.
2. Long vocal runs, as in Bach, Handel, and other 18th-cent. composers. Obsolete term.
1. (17th and 18th cents.) The splitting up of the notes of a tune into shorter notes, i.e. a form of variation; this was especially common in viol playing and was extemporized.
2. Long vocal runs, as in Bach, Handel, and other 18th-cent. composers. Obsolete term.
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