passagework

noun

passagework

noun

Etymology From passage + work.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Usually An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage

  • More octaves ensue, followed by chromatic passagework with filigree scales.1987, Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists, →ISBN, page 189:

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