A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Arco

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From volume 1 of the work.

1502519A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — ArcoPaul David


ARCO, Italian for 'bow.' As a musical term 'arco' or 'col arco' is employed whenever after a pizzicato passage the bow is to be used again.

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