passagework
English
Etymology
passage + work
Noun
passagework (usually uncountable, plural passageworks)
- (music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
- 1987, Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists, →ISBN, page 189:
- More octaves ensue, followed by chromatic passagework with filigree scales.
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