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      • Pizzicato (commonly called “plucking”) is a technique used to produce sound by plucking the violin strings with your fingers instead of using the bow. It comes from the Italian word pizzicare, which means “to pinch or pluck,” and you may see it abbreviated as “pizz” on sheet music.
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    Pizzicato ( / ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ /, 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. Jul 17, 2023 · ‘Pizzicato’ is an Italian term translated to ‘pinched.’ It’s directive for musicians, particularly stringed instruments like violin or cello, to pluck the strings with their fingers instead of using a bow.

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  4. Jun 30, 2020 · 1845; in music for stringed instruments of the viol family, noting a manner of playing (and the effect produced by it) when the strings are plucked by the finger instead of sounded by the bow, from Italian pizzicato "plucked," past participle of pizzicare "to pluck (strings), pinch," from pizzare "to prick, to sting," from Old Italian pizzo ...

  5. What is pizzicato? - Classical Music

  6. /ˌpɪtsᵻˈkɑːtəʊ/ pit-suh-KAH-toh. U.S. English. /ˌpɪtsəˈkɑdoʊ/ pit-suh-KAH-doh. See pronunciation. Where does the word pizzicato come from? Earliest known use. late 1700s. is a borrowing from Italian. Italian pizzicato. See etymology. Nearby entries. pizza alla Napoletana, n. 1935–. pizza box, n. 1956–. pizza face, n. 1964–. pizzaiolo, n. 1956–.

  7. Pizzicato (commonly called “plucking”) is a technique used to produce sound by plucking the violin strings with your fingers instead of using the bow. It comes from the Italian word pizzicare, which means “to pinch or pluck,” and you may see it abbreviated as “pizz” on sheet music.

  8. Pizzicato is a playing technique when bowed stringed instruments, rather than using a bow, pluck notes with the fingers. The sound produced is percussive. This technique was first used by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) in his Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorida in 1624.

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