English Explanatory Dictionary

tintinnabuli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

tintinnabuli

Etymology

From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

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