secco

the technique of wall painting on dry plaster using tempera or pigments ground in limewater

a painting on a wall made by the secco method

a style of vocal recitative in which the natural stress of the words is paramount and, if accompanied at all, is supported only by occasional chords of continuo instruments

used to refer to vocal recitatives that are unaccompanied or accompanied only by occasional chords of continuo instruments

played and released quickly and lacking resonance

with the notes played and released quickly and without resonance