tutti
tut·ti / ˈtoōtē/ Mus. • adv. & adj. (esp. as a direction after a solo section) with all voices or instruments together.• n. (pl. -tis) a passage to be performed in this way.
tutti
tutti (plural of It. tutto, other forms tutta, tutte). All.
1. tutti, meaning ‘everybody’, is loosely used. A tutti is a passage, e.g. in conc., where the orch. (but not necessarily or even usually the whole orch.) plays without the soloist. ‘The opening tutti’ is a phrase often used in this connection.
2. tutte le corde, ‘all the str.’: in pf. mus., means ‘cease to play una corda’. tutto il cembalo means the same.
1. tutti, meaning ‘everybody’, is loosely used. A tutti is a passage, e.g. in conc., where the orch. (but not necessarily or even usually the whole orch.) plays without the soloist. ‘The opening tutti’ is a phrase often used in this connection.
2. tutte le corde, ‘all the str.’: in pf. mus., means ‘cease to play una corda’. tutto il cembalo means the same.
tutti
tutti (mus.) direction that all performers are to take part. XVIII. — It., pl. of tutto :- L. tōtus (see TOTAL).
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