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  2. Pizzicato - Wikipedia

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    Pizzicato (/ ˌ p ɪ t s ɪ ˈ k ɑː t oʊ /, Italian: [pittsiˈkaːto]; translated as 'pinched', and sometimes roughly as 'plucked') [1] is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of instrument:

  3. Violin technique - Wikipedia

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    Attaching a small rubber, wooden, or metal device called a "mute" to the bridge of the violin alters the tone, softening the instrument's sound by adding mass to the bridge and therefore reducing its ability to vibrate freely, decreasing volume and giving a more mellow tone, with fewer audible overtones. In performances, it may give a desired ...

  4. Plucked string instrument - Wikipedia

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    Stringed instruments hanging on a wall. Shown here are 4 Ukuleles, 2 Mandolins, a Banjo, a Guitar, a Violin, a Guraitar and a Bass guitar. Qanún/kanun, origin from ancient Mesopotamia Kantele. Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing ...

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  6. Violin - Wikipedia

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    [7] A violin is the "modern form of the smaller, medieval viola da braccio." ("arm viola") [6] The violin is often called a fiddle. "Fiddle" can be used as the instrument's customary name in folk music, or as an informal name for the instrument in other styles of music. [8] The word "fiddle" was first used in English in the late 14th century. [8]

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Part of a violin family or guitar/lute stringed instrument that holds the strings in place and transmits their vibrations to the resonant body of the instrument. brillante Brilliantly, with sparkle. Play in a showy and spirited style. brio or brioso Vigour; usually in con brio: with spirit or vigour broken chord

  8. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    An E-Bow is a small hand-held battery-powered device that magnetically excites the strings of an electric string instrument to provide a sustained, singing tone reminiscent of a held bowed violin note. Third bridge is a plucking method where the player frets a string and strikes the side opposite the bridge. The technique is mainly used on ...

  9. Bowed string instrument extended technique - Wikipedia

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    (It is commonly thought that Bartók invented the technique, but Gustav Mahler already in his Seventh Symphony was the first to direct its use.) [1] The technique consists of plucking the string away from the fingerboard with the right hand with sufficient force to cause it to snap back and strike the fingerboard creating a snapping sound in ...