OBBLIGATO

obbligato, obligato

(noun) a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

obbligato, obligato

(noun) a persistent but subordinate motif

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Etymology

Noun

obbligato (plural obbligatos or obbligati)

(music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). [from 19th c.]

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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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