It is true that heat and acid can cause proteins to denature, which means that they lose their 3-dimensional shape. A cooked egg white that becomes opaque and solid is an example. When milk is treated with acid, the protein casein curdles into a solid and the whey separates, still liquid.
The noun TOCCATA has 1 sense: 1. a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style. Familiarity information: TOCCATA used as a noun is very rare.
Confidence votes 37.0K. It is the Italian word meaning 'robbed'. It's an important element of a lot of music that is easy to hear, but more difficult to do well. Rubato means that there is a fluctuation in speed in the performance, some notes or phrases being played more quickly, and other notes or phrases less quickly.