gruppetton.
/ɡrᵿˈpɛtəʊ/ Music.
= turn n. 16.
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gruppetto1842
1842 J. F. Warner Dict. Mus. Terms p. xliv/2 Groppo, Gruppo, Gruppetto.—These terms..are rather indefinitely employed in music to denote, in general, every species of musical ornament which consists of several small notes.
1950 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 330 Where we fall short is in roulades, shakes, and gruppettos, which many of our singers simply cannot sing at all.
1958 Times 3 Nov. 14/4 Small grupetti were sometimes taken in one bow, but mostly it was the single stroke to the single note.
1959 Listener 29 Jan. 228/1 She sang the Queen of Night's aria..her gruppetti being..‘bang on’.
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