Arco

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  • adverb & adjective. With a bow. Used chiefly as a direction to indicate the resumption of bowing after a pizzicato passage.
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  • adverb. A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
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  • adjective. (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
  • Word Usage
    "Pizzicato is a term that tells a string player to pluck the strings (so basically not use the bow until he sees the term "arco")."
    Equivalent
    bowed  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Marco  narco  
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