passagework

English

Etymology

passage +‎ work

Noun

passagework (usually uncountable, plural passageworks)

  1. (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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