Strings terms

con sordino

use mute

sul pont

play over the bridge

scordatura

tuning outside of norm

col legno

with the wood

pizz

plucked strings

senza sord.

whithout the mute

sul tasto

play over the fingerboard

scratch tone

grating noise produced by overpressure bowing

detache

detached bowing

Ricochet

multiple rebound bounces of bow against string

Spiccato

controlled single bounces of bow against string

Jete

throw the bow (against string)

Sul D

on the D string

Martele

hammered

Mit Dampfer

with mute

arco

with the bow

geige

violin

alto

viola

punta d’arco

with the tip of the bow

Am Frosch

at the frog of the bow