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Definition of parlando - 2 dictionary results

par⋅lan⋅do

[pahr-lahn-doh]
–adjective Music.
sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).

Origin:
1875–80; < It, prp. of parlare to speak; see parle
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par·lan·do   (pär-län'dō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
To be sung in a style suggestive of speech. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, present participle of parlare, to speak, from Vulgar Latin *paraulāre; see parley.]
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