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Esoteric Articulations of Instrumental Mastery
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  • 1. Bowing with the wood instead of horsehair, subtle percussive effect
  • 2. Playing close to the bridge to produce a glassy, metallic tone
  • 4. A springing bow stroke which leaps across strings lightly
  • 7. Rap style finger percussion on harp strings for rhythmic accents
  • 9. Advanced technique involving varying bow pressures and speeds for texture
  • 12. Plucking strings with finger rather than a bow; French term for pizzicato
  • 15. Continuous airflow technique to sustain wind instrument sounds without interruption
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  • 3. Percussive effect by striking instrument keys without blowing air
  • 5. Rolling the tongue to produce a characteristic tremolo on wind instruments
  • 6. Producing multiple tones simultaneously on a single wind instrument
  • 8. A trembling rapid reiteration on a note or chord on bowed string
  • 10. Forcefully pulling string off fingerboard, named after Hungarian composer
  • 11. Lightly touching string to elicit overtone pitches above fundamentals
  • 13. Sliding note progression that blurs discrete pitches along a string or keys
  • 14. Short, spiccato-like stroke near the fingerboard on bowed strings
  • 16. Brushing multiple strings rapidly, common in guitar but rare on bowed strings
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