toccata

[ tuh-kah-tuh; Italian tawk-kah-tah ]

/ təˈkɑ tə; Italian tɔkˈkɑ tɑ /

a composition in the style of an improvisation, for the piano, organ, or other keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the player's technique.

Origin of toccata

1715–25; < Italian: “touched,” feminine past participle of toccare touch

toby, toby jug, toc, toc h, tocantins, toccata, toch, tocharian, tocher, tochis, tockley

Toccata—a brilliant composition for piano or organ, usually characterized by much rapid staccato playing.

Music Notation and Terminology |Karl W. Gehrkens
The toccata contains three movements—allegro moderato, allegro, adagio.

Bach |Charles Francis Abdy Williams
But in Bach's hands the toccata becomes one of the noblest and most plastic of forms.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 |Various
I wish you would send me Handel's six fugues and the toccata and fugues by Eberlin.

Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3) |Otto Jahn

I have no doubt that the Toccata by Chaminade, which I do not know, is written on similar lines.

Piano Playing |Josef Hofmann

toccata

/ (təˈkɑːtə) /

a rapid keyboard composition for organ, harpsichord, etc, dating from the baroque period, usually in a rhythmically free style

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