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Definition of Sticcado
1. n. An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
Definition of Sticcado
1. Noun. (musici) A musical instrument resembling a xylophone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sticcado
1. sticcato [n STICCADOS or STICCADOES] - See also: sticcato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticcado
Literary usage of Sticcado
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"... in London by Welsh A Haw«, but unknown on the Continent. л O. sticcado- ...
A trade card, in date about 1770, advertises that 'G. Smart, sticcado- ..."
2. The Musical World (1853)
"Dr. Burney mentions a Chinese instrument which he saw at Paris, in the possession
of the Abbe Arnaud. It had no semitones and was a kind of sticcado, ..."
3. A Complete Dictionary of Music: To which is Prefixed a Familiar Introduction ...by Thomas Busby by Thomas Busby (1811)
"sticcado. An instrument consisting of small lengths of wood, flat at bottom and
rounded at the top, ... This instrument is called a sticcado, because the ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"You have seen the musical instrument called a sticcado. Suppose all its sticks
of equal length, hold the fore-end horizontally on the floor to receive the ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1903)
"... 240; works of, XVIII, 331; assistance for Gilmer asked from, 332 Letter to,
April 26, 1824, XVIII, 331 sticcado, description of the, XIX, 5 Stiles, DR. ..."
6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"You have seen the musical instrument called a sticcado. Suppose all its sticks
of equal length, hold the fore-end horizontally on the floor to receive the ..."
7. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1903)
"... 240; works of, XVIII, 331; assistance for Gilmer asked from, 333 Letter to,
April 26, 1824, XVIII, 331 sticcado, description of the, XIX, 5 Stiles, DR. ..."
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