释义 |
‖ tasto Mus.|ˈtasto| [It., = touch, key.] a. The key of a piano or the finger-board of a stringed instrument. b. Phr. sul tasto [lit. ‘over the finger-board’]: a direction in a musical score that the stringed instrument is to be played with the bow over the finger-board; tasto solo: a direction that the bass notes are to be played alone without any harmony.
1740J. Grassineau Mus. Dict. 268 Tasto, the touch or part of an instrument whereon, or by means of which its notes are made to sound, be it on the neck, as lutes..; or the front of organs. 1772W. Tans'ur Elements of Mus. v. 221 Tasto, the Touches or Keys of Organs &c. Tasto solo, to strike such Sounds till other Words, or Parts come on. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 421/2 Tasto,..(1) A key of a pianoforte. (2) The touch of a pianoforte or organ. 1889Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 63/2 ‘Tasto solo’, the key alone, is in old music written over those portions of the bass or continuo part in which the mere notes were to be played by the accompanyist, without the chords or harmonies founded on them. 1946E. Blom Everyman's Dict. Mus. 600/1 Sul tasto (It.), a direction indicating that a passage of string mus. is to be played with the bow over the finger-board. 1974Sci. Amer. Jan. 93/2 Farthest from the bridge..the timbre has the gentle character that composers seek by designating sul tasto: ‘bow over the fingerboard’. 1980Early Music Apr. 150/2 In Rameau's day the single harpsichordist either did not play during the purely orchestral music and choruses or at most played the bass line only, either tasto solo (at pitch) or all'unisono (doubling an octave above or below). |