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| rest equal in time value to a quarter note |
| passage at the end of a composition used to bring it to a satisfactory close |
| caprice (kəˈpriːs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim |
| 2. | a tendency to such changes |
| 3. | another word for capriccio |
| [C17: from French, from Italian capriccio a shiver, caprice, from capo head + riccio hedgehog, suggesting a convulsive shudder in which the hair stood on end like a hedgehog's spines; meaning also influenced by Italian capra goat, by folk etymology] | |