ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIZZICATO
From Italian: pinched, from pizzicare to twist, twang.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIZZICATO»
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pizzicato in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pizzicato and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Orchestral Bowing -- Style and Function: Textbook
Staccato Pizzicato For maximum sostennto, the left hand fingers must be held
down as long as possible (Example 137). To dampen the sound, the finger can
be lifted slightly off the fingerboard. The right-hand finger(s) may also be used.
2
The Contemporary Guitar
In the guitar literature, pizzicato is also called apagado or sons etouffes. The term
left-hand pizzicato is sometimes mistakenly used to describe a tone produced by
striking the string with the left-hand finger, the technique called hammering on ...
3
The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet
pizzicato locations (e.g. midpoint of string, three-quarter distance between
fingerboard and bridge, at bridge, behind bridge), specific plucking agents and
other specific instructions such as pizzicato 'without holding the bow' (Carter No.
3) and ...
4
Violin Playing as I Teach It
PIZZICATO The pizzicato, or "pinching" of the strings, that is to say plucking them
with the fingers, is a valuable violin effect, and is produced in two ways, by the
right and by the left hand. The right-hand pizzicato is produced by the first finger
of ...
5
Extended Notation: The Depiction of the Unconventional
1 Extended pizzicato, tremolo and trill techniques and their notation In the case of
the guitar, the direction pizzicato normally requests to mute the strings, while the
direction pizzicato effleuré requires the player to touch the string lightly with the ...
6
The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques
There are four distinct manners of varying this conventional pizzicato. The first
variation is to pull the string directly to the side and then release it. To produce a
pulled pizzicato on the D string, the string is pulled toward the A string. In pulled ...
Patricia Strange, Allen Strange, 2003
7
Mastery for Strings: Level 1
Bow GAMES: ARCO-PIZZICATO TWINKLE Mastery #21 THINGS YOU WILL
LEARN • "Arco" means to produce tone with the hair of the bow. • "Pizzicato"
means to produce tone by picking the string with the fingers of the right bow hand
.
Dick, William, Scott, Laurie
8
Bowmar's Adventures in Music Listening: Teacher's guide. Level 1
from The Fantastic Toyshop Gioacchino Rossini-Respighi Anticipated Outcomes
for Pizzicato The students will be able to: • pantomime waking up and begin
running. • show recognition of an Introduction through movement. • show
recognition ...
Leon Burton, Charles R. Hoffer, William Hughes, 1996
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The Contemporary Contrabass
GLISSANDI I. Generators: 1. pizzicato (guitar, normal) 2. slap pizzicato 3.
pizzicato tremolo 4. arco 5. arco tremolo 6. col legno battuto or a dowel, pencil,
vibe mallet 7. col legno tratto II. Techniques that sustain the glissando in motion:
1.
10
Right Hand Studies for Classic Guitar
Pizzicato is a technique Where the natural vibration of the string is dampened by
the right hand. The sound produced is somewhat like the sound of the violin and
its relatives when they are plucked rather than bowed. This technique is also ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIZZICATO»
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pizzicato is used in the context of the following news items.
Concert review: Diana Krall moves from pop-rock to standards in …
Arguably the best number was the slightly funky treatment of Tom Waits' “Temptation,” which included what appeared to be pizzicato figures ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
Open to anything, anywhere
"I did something pizzicato and layered over it with the loop pedal. I was unsure of doing it pizzicato or arco, but people said they liked it." Books ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
Jordin Sparks, Is That You? Her New Track '100 Years' Is Smooth …
“This morning when we kissed, I felt everything that you needed to say,” she says in a spoken section of the song, watery tones and pizzicato ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»
L'amore dei tre Re @ Opera Holland Park, London
... (written four years later) and the next is portraying the final breaths of the strangled Fiora through increasingly diminished pizzicato strings. «musicOMH.com, Jul 15»
Concert review: Students, faculty showcase talents side by side at …
The central Adagio, in which a gracefully operatic flute line is set against pizzicato strings, and the lively Rondo finale, with its rhythmically tricky ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
Synchromy Concert in Pasadena
This was played by a viola, cello and contrabass trio and started with a high pizzicato in the viola and some fast dissonant passages in the ... «Sequenza21, Jul 15»
Captivating Classics at Centara Grand
The encore piece was Leroy Anderson's 1951 jolly composition for pizzicato strings entitled Plink, Plank, Plunk! which the orchestra seemed to ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»
Band to present 'A Night to Remember' concert
Pizzicato Strings & Company is a youth violin group from Ogden with ages ranging from 5-18. They were awarded the 2003 “Best of State” ... «Standard-Examiner, Jul 15»
Extreme brass at the Festival
Another morsel of Nutcracker, and then the pizzicato bit from Sylvia, a dainty number in which Achilles now appeared in a pink tutu. Then finally ... «www.parrysound.com, Jul 15»
Pizzicato polka
These young ladies danced to the song, “Pizzicato Polka,” during the Martin Dance Studio's recital on May 16. They are Jorden Johnson (front ... «Paris Post Intelligencer, Jul 15»
