traverso

Definition of the Italian term traverso in music:

1. transverse flute (side-blown flute held horizontally when played)
2. Western concert flute
3. organ flute stop usually of 8' or 4' pitch designed to imitate the sound of the Western concert flute or its predecessors (equivalent to "Concert flute" or "Orchestral flute" in English, "Querflöte" or "Traversflöte" in German, and "Flûte traversière" in French)

Italian musical terms related to traverso: