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Exploring Uncommon Musical Articulations
A crossword puzzle featuring rare and specialized techniques used in playing musical instruments.
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Across
  • 1. Quick slide or sweep between notes
  • 3. Percussive noise made by pressing keys on woodwinds without blowing
  • 4. Wind instrument technique combining circular breathing with pitch bends
  • 6. Rapid tongue vibration on wind instruments
  • 8. Muting strings or sound to stop resonance
  • 9. General method of playing string instruments with a bow
  • 10. Lightly touching string to produce bell-like tones
  • 12. Rare bowing technique involving bouncing effect
  • 13. Playing strings with the wood of the bow
  • 16. Fluctuating pitch effect to add warmth to tone
Down
  • 2. Playing notes with emphasis or marked attack
  • 5. String technique where the string snaps against the fingerboard
  • 7. Bow close to the bridge producing a glassy sound
  • 11. Rapid repetition of a single note or chord
  • 14. Producing several notes simultaneously on wind instruments
  • 15. Sliding smoothly between two notes
  • 17. Another term for a vocal or instrumental slide

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