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String Bowing Vocab
Terms describing string bowings and articulations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| am Steg | At the bridge |
| an dem Griffbrett | Play at the fingerboard |
| a punto d'arco | With the point of the bow |
| archet | With the bow |
| arco | With the bow |
| Bogen | With the bow |
| corda | String |
| detache | Each note bowed separately, played broadly |
| Frog | To be played near the frog |
| jete | "Thrown" bow (flying staccato) |
| legno | Wood |
| col legno | With the stick of the bow |
| Lh | Lower half of the bow |
| M | Middle of the bow |
| pizzicato | Pluck string with finger |
| ponticello | Light tone sounding upper partials by bowing near the bridge |
| Point | To be played near the point of the bow |
| saltando | Bounce the bow off the string using short, quick bow strokes |
| scordatura | Special tuning |
| spiccato | A light, bouncing bow movement |
| spitze | Point of the bow |
| sul | On |
| sulla tastiera | On the fingerboard |
| sul tasto | On the fingerboard |
| sur la touche | On the fingerboard |
| sur le chevalet | Bow close to the bridge |
| sur une corde | Play on one string |
| UH | Upper half of bow |
| WH | Whole bow |
| bowed tremolo | Fast separate strokes on the same pitch |
| detache | Played with separate bows |
| fingered tremolo | Played like a trill for intervals larger than a whole step |
| artificial harmonic | Lower note stopped by first finger, upper note stopped by third or fourth |
| natural harmonic | String touched lightly at the point indicated by a diamond-shaped note, producing a natural overtone |
| glissando | Slide |
| loure | Subtle articulation produced by slight release of bow pressure under a slur |
| martele | heavy accent with clear separation between notes |
| portamento | Smooth, short slide leading to a note |
| left-hand pizzicato | String is plucked with the finger of the left hand |
| ricochet | bow moves in one direction for each slur and bounces on each note |
| slur | bow moves smoothly in one direction while left hand fingers change notes |
| slurred staccato | Played in one bow, stopping between notes to articulate |
| spring bow arpeggio | Bow bounces across the strings, playing each string in sequence |
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andreawriter
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