brisé

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brisé (Fr.). Broken. Applied (a) to a chord played in arpeggio fashion, or (b) to str. mus. played in short, detached movements of the bow. The style brisé was the characteristic arpeggiated style of 17th-cent. Fr. lute mus., which in turn influenced the kbd. mus. of the later clavecinistes.

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