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roulade

Pronunciation:  roo'lâd

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
  2. [n]  a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked
 
 See Also: air, dish, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rou`lade"\, n. [F.] (Mus.)
A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or
sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable,
as in Handel's oratorios.

 

 

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