# tintinnabuli

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.

## Etymology
From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

## Source
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