pizzicato chords..

[ellen28]

If you have chords that are pizzicato, you can separate them, or not. I'm writing and essay comparing two recordings of the Hindemith sonata but I can't describe the two different techniques (either plucking each string with a different finger at the same time, or playing each string separately, like strumming) in a short and easy way. Do they have actually names? Or is my description above the best it gets?
Thanks, El

[Phil Smith]

Originally Posted by ellen28

If you have chords that are pizzicato, you can separate them, or not. I'm writing and essay comparing two recordings of the Hindemith sonata but I can't describe the two different techniques (either plucking each string with a different finger at the same time, or playing each string separately, like strumming) in a short and easy way. Do they have actually names? Or is my description above the best it gets?
Thanks, El

The word you're looking for is: arpeggiated or arpeggio.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdiction.../Arpeggio.html

[ellen28]

Thanks! I knew it would be something obvious! They're not very scalic arpeggios, but it should still work. Is there any type of name given to when all the notes are played together? More of a named pizzicato technique than it just being a chord?