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What is Ponticello bowing?
: with the bow kept near the bridge so as to bring out the higher harmonics and thereby produce a nasal tone —used as a direction in music for a stringed instrument.
What is Ponticello?
1 : the bridge of a bowed stringed musical instrument. 2 : a change in register in the voice (as of a boy at puberty) : break.
What is Sul Tasto bowing?
Meaning 'on the touch' in Italian, Sul Tasto is a technique that requires the bow to be used over the end of the fingerboard, creating a more mellow tone.
What is Ponticello violin?
Sul ponticello
In normal violin playing, the bow is placed halfway between the bridge and the fingerboard. When a passage is marked sul ponticello, the bow is moved closer to the bridge, or sometimes even right on top of the bridge. This changes the way the bow causes the string to vibrate.
