Orchestration Effects

Over the Fingerboard

Italian: sul tasto or sulla tastiera/ French: sur la touche/ German: am Griffbrett

Muted

Italian: con sordino (con sord.)/ French: sourdine/ German: mit dampfern

Near the bridge

Italian: sul ponticello/ French: sur le chevalet/ German: am Steg

With the wood of the bow

Italian: col legno/ French: avec le bois/ German: mit Holz

Half the string group

Italian: la meta/ French: la moitie/ German: die Halfte

First desk only

Italian: leggio/ French: pupitre/ German: Pult

What composer liked unusual pizzicato effects?

Bartok

What is snap pizzicato?

Plucked so forcefully that the string rebounds against the fingerboard. The symbol looks like a circle with a line through it (lollipop)

What is nail pizzicato?

Plucking with the fingernail. Symbol looks like a circle with a dot or a circle with another open circle in the middle.

What is the term used to describe accentuated multiple stops played pizzicato with a back and forth of the hand?

quasi guitara

What is the term for sliding the finger across the string?

glissando

What is the italian word for abnormal tuning?

scordatura

What is the italian word for ordinary mode?

modo ordinario