taston.
Music.
The key of a piano or the finger-board of a stringed instrument.
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1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 268 Tasto, the touch or part of an instrument whereon, or by means of which its notes are made to sound, be it on the neck, as lutes..; or the front of organs.
1772 W. Tans'ur Elements Mus. v. 221 Tasto, the Touches or Keys of Organs &c.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 421/2 Tasto, (1) A key of a pianoforte. (2) The touch of a pianoforte or organ.
Phrases
tasto solo adv. a direction that the bass notes are to be played alone without any harmony.
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1772 W. Tans'ur Elements Mus. v. 221 Tasto solo, to strike such Sounds till other Words, or Parts come on.
1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 63/2 ‘Tasto solo’, the key alone, is in old music written over those portions of the bass or continuo part in which the mere notes were to be played by the accompanyist, without the chords or harmonies founded on them.
1980 Early Music 8 150/2 In Rameau's day the single harpsichordist either did not play during the purely orchestral music and choruses or at most played the bass line only, either tasto solo (at pitch) or all'unisono (doubling an octave above or below).
sul tasto adv. [lit. ‘over the finger-board’] a direction in a musical score that the stringed instrument is to be played with the bow over the finger-board.
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1946 E. Blom Everyman's Dict. Music 600/1 Sul tasto (Italian), a direction indicating that a passage of string mus. is to be played with the bow over the finger-board.
1974 Sci. Amer. Jan. 93/2 Farthest from the bridge..the timbre has the gentle character that composers seek by designating sul tasto: ‘bow over the fingerboard’.
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