Toccata is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers.

What is the meaning of Toccata in English?

: a musical composition usually for organ or harpsichord in a free style and characterized by full chords, rapid runs, and high harmonies.

What does Toccata mean literally?

Word Origin for toccata

C18: from Italian, literally: touched, from toccare to play (an instrument), touch.