Definitions | martellato |
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- (music) A musical notation to indicate that the note is strongly accented, or hammered out, as to bowed string instruments and the piano.
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian martellato "hammered", from martellare "to hammer, throb", from martello "hammer", related to Latin martulus, marculus, "small hammer", diminutive of marcus "hammer".
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