What is this string/violin technique called?

1. What are all the violin techniques?
2. What string techniques are there?
3. What are the two different ways to play a violin?

What are all the violin techniques?

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).

What string techniques are there?

Contents

• 1.1 Bowing the body of the instrument.
• 1.2 Bowing on the bridge.
• 1.3 Bowing on the fingerboard.
• 1.4 Bowing the tailpiece.
• 1.5 Scratch tone.
• 1.6 Bowing behind the bridge.
• 1.7 Col legno.

What are the two different ways to play a violin?

Playing the violin entails holding the instrument between the jaw and the collar bone (see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them (arco), or by plucking them (pizzicato).