Look up: pizzicato

1. Pizzicato
   In music, pizzicato indicates that the instruments of the violin family have their sounds produced by plucking the strings instead of using the bow. This device for imitating the tones of the harp was first used by Claudio Monteverde.
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2. Pizzicato
   Pizzicato means to pluck the strings of an instrument with normally the index finger of the right hand. Fingernails can be used to release the string which is called fingernail pizzicato.
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3. pizzicato
   [adj] - (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger 2. [adv] - (music) with a light plucking staccato sound
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4. Pizzicato
   Direction to musicians of stringed instruments to play by plucking the strings, rather than using the bow
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5. Pizzicato
   Piz`zi·ca'to [ Italian , pinched.] (Mus.) A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
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6. pizzicato
   adjective (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
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7. pizzicato
   adverb with a light plucking staccato sound
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8. pizzicato
   noun a note or passage that is played pizzicato
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9. Pizzicato
   • A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
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10. pizzicato
    (from the article `musical sound`) Violins and the larger members of its group are sounded by plucking (pizzicato) on occasion, which provides a brittle tone of extremely brief ... ...from one type of instrument when writing for a full orchestra is simply not available. The composer has had to rely on varying timbres to be ... [2 rel...
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11. pizzicato
    pizzicato (pit"sukä'tō) , in music, the technique of plucking the strings of an instrument that is usually bowed. Directions for playing pizzicato are found in early 17th-century music. Paganini introduced left-hand pizzicato, making it possible to play bowed tones and pizzicato t...
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12. pizzicato
    In music, an instruction to string players to pluck the strings with the fingers instead of using the bow. It is frequently abbreviated to `pizz`. Good examples of pizzicato are in the Pizzicato Polka (1870) by Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss, and in the `Playful Pizzicato` of Benjamin Britten's
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13. Pizzicato
    `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. History : The first known use of pizzicato in classical music is in Claudio Mo...
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