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Col Legno Tratto

Technical Practice
The bow wood is drawn across the string as one would with the hair. The dynamic range is limited to the quieter end of the spectrum but produces a definite pitch in combination with white noise.

Notes
Standard and non-standard arco articulations can be applied to this technique (such as circular bowing) to produced a wide range of sounds. 

It is possible to combine this with regular bowing to have 1/2 hair and 1/2 wood or to effect a transition between them. 

Dynamic Range: pp-mf
Difficulty: 1
Special Notes:
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Notation
  • Verbal instruction: col legno tratto/clt

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