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pizzicato::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of pizzicato
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The alternating pizzicato in the second movement of the Bruckner was exquisite.
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In orchestral repertoire and tango music, both arco and pizzicato are employed.
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In pizzicato playing, the string is plucked directly with the fingers or thumb.
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In the pizzicato sections of the scherzo Davis seemed just to sit back and listen.
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He touched index finger to thumb to produce tiny streams of pizzicato noises.
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Pizzicato strings accompany a subdued, languid, lilting duet for tenor and soprano.
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In Act II, Giovanni is seen to play the mandolin, accompanied by pizzicato strings.
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Walking into such a pizzicato brouhaha merely seemed to strengthen Barlow's resolve.
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Then I hear each player soloing, whether arco or pizzicato or bits of both.
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- (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
- A note or passage that is played pizzicato
- With a light plucking staccato sound
- Pizzicato (from the pizzicato, roughly translated as plucked) is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of stringed instrument.
- A technique in string playing where the string is actually plucked with the finger.
- "Pinched." On string instruments, plucking the string.
- Pluck strings instead of bowing
- Used more often in orchestral strings. The string is plucked rather than played with a bow.
- Pinched, plucked; i.e., in music for bowed strings, plucked with the fingers as opposed to played with the bow; compare arco (in this list), which is inserted to cancel a pizzicato instruction
