obbligato

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obbligato

/ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/ UK

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From Italian obbligato. Piecewise doublet of obliged.

noun obbligatos · obbligati · obligato

An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.

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@misc{obbligato_2026,
  title = {obbligato},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/obbligato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}