diviso

  1. Noun.  (music) An instruction that a section of the orchestra (normally the strings) should divide itself into two, each taking separate parts normally notated on the same staff; either tutti or all'unisono cancels this instruction.
  2. Noun.  (music) A passage having this mark.
  3. Adverb.  (music) played in this manner.
  4. Adjective.  (music) describing a passage having this mark.

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