passagework
English
Etymology
From passage + workCategory:English compound terms#PASSAGEWORK.
Noun
passagework (usually uncountable, plural passageworks)Category:English lemmas#PASSAGEWORKCategory:English nouns#PASSAGEWORKCategory:English uncountable nouns#PASSAGEWORKCategory:English countable nouns#PASSAGEWORKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PASSAGEWORKCategory:Pages with entries#PASSAGEWORKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PASSAGEWORK
- (musicCategory:en:Music#PASSAGEWORK) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PASSAGEWORK