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Recitative

British pronunciation/ɹɪsˈɪtətˌɪv/
American pronunciation/ɹɪsˈɪɾətˌɪv/
Recitative
[NOUN]
1

a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech

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1What's a recitative?
2Recitative being very fast paced, patter rhythms that tell you the story, the narrative.
3Somebody tell us what a recitative is.
4So an opera in the most classical art operas, you have what's called arias and recitatives.
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