passagework

English

Etymology

passage +‎ work

Noun

passagework (usually uncountable, plural passageworks)

1. (music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
   • 1987, Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists‎^[1], →ISBN, page 189:

     More octaves ensue, followed by chromatic passagework with filigree scales.