Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Abbassamento

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Abbassamento. (I. n. A falling or depression.) To pass under. It is used in music written for the harpsichord, piano, and organ, and shows that, when playing very rapid passages sometime: one hand passes over or under the other.

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