toccata
noun/təˈkɑːtə/
/təˈkɑːtə/
- a piece of music for a keyboard instrument that includes difficult passages designed to show the player’s skillTopics Musicc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Italian, feminine past participle of toccare ‘to touch’.
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