Editing Toccata (section)

{{Short description|Type of virtuoso instrumental musical composition}}
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[[File:Ringk Copy - First Page Fragment.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|The first page of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565]]]]
<ref>Dunlap, Candice. "An Historic Overview of the Toccata as a Form and Compositional Technique." (2005).</ref>'''Toccata''' (from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''toccare'', literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a [[virtuoso]] piece of music typically for a [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] or [[plucked string instrument]] featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without [[imitation (music)|imitative]] or [[fugue|fugal]] interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers. Less frequently, the name is applied to works for multiple instruments (the opening of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s opera ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' being a notable example).