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Definition of tutti
: with all voices or instruments performing together —used as a direction in music
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Origin and Etymology of tutti
Italian, masculine plural of tutto all, from Vulgar Latin *tottus, alteration of Latin totus
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tutti
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tut·ti
Definition of tutti
: a passage or section performed by all the performers
Recent Examples of tutti from the Web
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Horn calls peaked the enormous tutti crescendos, and Till approached his somber end with an insolent whistle from clarinet.
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Chaffetz established himself long ago as the hacko di tutti hacki of congressional investigators, a curly-haired McCarran with absolutely no shame at all.
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The blend of Beethoven snippets is kaleidoscopic, and with the two sonic planes — string quartet versus massive tutti — add to the dizzying effort of chasing the ever-changing focal points.
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First Known Use of tutti
1816
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