"What type of instrument can be played ""pizzicato""?"
Pizzicato Pizzicato Pizzicato (; , translated as "pinched", and sometimes roughly 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 instrument: When a string is struck or plucked, as with pizzicato, sound waves are generated that do not belong to a harmonic series as when a string is bowed. This complex timbre is called inharmonicity. The inharmonicity of a string depends on its physical characteristics, such as tension, composition, diameter and length. The inharmonicity disappears when strings are bowed because the bow's stick-slip action is
Pizzicato most usually played with the bow, and composers give specific indications to play pizzicato where required. Pieces in classical music that are played entirely pizzicato include: Antonio Vivaldi, in the "Ah Ch'Infelice Sempre" section of his cantata "Cessate, omai cessate", combined both pizzicato and bowed instruments to create a unique sound. He also included pizzicato in the second movement of "Winter" from "The Four Seasons". In music notation, a composer will normally indicate the performer should use pizzicato with the abbreviation "pizz." A return to bowing is indicated by the Italian term "arco". A left hand pizzicato is usually indicated