grupetto

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grupetto

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Borrowed from Italian.

noun grupettos · gruppetto · groupetto

A group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
A small group.
The trailing group of riders in a stage race that tries to finish the race stage in which it was formed at a time just under the cut-off time for when they would otherwise be disqualified from continuing on to the next stage of the race.

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@misc{grupetto_2026,
  title = {grupetto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grupetto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}