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語源

From Italian obbligato. Piecewise doublet of obliged.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/

名詞

obbligato (plural obbligatos or obbligati)

1. (music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). [from 19th c.]
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 281:

     The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.

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