tasto
Definition of the Italian term tasto in music:
- key of keyboard instrument
- fret (bar on the fingerboard of some stringed instruments)
Language
Italian
Singular
tasto
Plural
tasti
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include tasto:
- basso senza tasti – fretless bass guitar
- non sul tasto – not on the fingerboard (direction for string instr...
- sui tasti neri – on the black keys
- sul tasto – on the fingerboard (direction for string instrumen...
- tasti bianchi – white keys (on a keyboard instrument)
- tasti neri – black keys (on a keyboard instrument)
- tasto solo – single key (direction indicating that the notes sh...
Musical examples
Music scores that include tasto:
- Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No. 1 (1723) Page 7
- Arcangelo Corelli: 12 Violin Sonatas (1700) Page 2
- George Frideric Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (1741) Page 5
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor (1791) Page 3