What is the violin technique in this video called?

1. What techniques are used to play the violin?
2. How many violin techniques are there?
3. What is it called when a violinist plays?
4. What is violin Spiccato?

What techniques are used to play the violin?

Here are some of the standard bow strokes for the violin:

• Legato: Smooth, connected bow strokes. ...
• Détaché: Broad but separate bow strokes. ...
• Martelé: Detached, strongly accented notes. ...
• Staccato: Detached, short notes with accents. ...
• Spiccato: Detached notes played with a bouncing bow (the bow comes off the string).

How many violin techniques are there?

To make a good overview I've divided the 24 bowing techniques into three categories and a fourth 'others'. In all bowing techniques without detaché, the violin remains on the string and you play the notes in their full length. In spiccato, you play a shorter length of the note and the bow leaves the string.

What is it called when a violinist plays?

In orchestras this is usually called pizzicato (abbreviated pizz) because that is the Italian word for "plucked". In practice arco is often used as a sort of antonym to pizz.

What is violin Spiccato?

Spiccato is a string technique involving detached notes played with a bouncing bow (the bow comes off the string). Much like the detaché technique, it involves alternating bow strokes (an up bow followed by a down bow followed by an up bow, etc.), but the bow “bounces” off the strings with each note.