Dictionary
stret•to
Pronunciation: (stret'ō), [key]—
n.,
—pl. stret•tiPronunciation: (stret'ē), [key] stret•tos.
Music.
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
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