Meaning of ROULADE
| Pronunciation: | | roo'lâd
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- [n] (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
- [n] a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked
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| | See Also: | | air, dish, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rou`lade"\, n. [F.] (Mus.)
A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or
sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable,
as in Handel's oratorios.
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