tintinnabuli

English

Etymology

From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

Noun

tintinnabuli (uncountable)

1. (music) A compositional style characterized by two types of voice, the first of which (the "tintinnabular voice") arpeggiates the tonic triad, and the second of which moves diatonically in stepwise motion.

Latin

Noun

tintinnābulī

1. genitive singular of tintinnābulum