Jittery accompanist abandons man’s style of playing a stringed instrument (8)

I believe the answer is:

spiccato

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'style of playing a stringed instrument' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'jittery accompanist abandons man's' is the wordplay.
'jittery' indicates anagramming the letters.
'abandons' suggests deleting specific letters.
'accompanist' with 'man' taken out is 'ccopaist'.
'ccopaist' is an anagram of 'SPICCATO'.

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(Another definition for spiccato that I've seen is " instruction to violinists".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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