Usually means: Technical, ornamental sections in music.
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  3. passagework: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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▸ noun:  (music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage

Similar:
stringendo, winding, bandwork, wandwork, soundwork, scrollwork, windway, work song, sewing-machine music, groovework, more...

Opposite:
cadenza, solo, ad libitum, improvisation

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Similar:
stringendo, winding, bandwork, wandwork, soundwork, scrollwork, windway, work song, sewing-machine music, groovework, more...

Opposite:
cadenza, solo, ad libitum, improvisation



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