Yet Another Newbee Question

Walter Keaton · #1 10-31-2006, 12:58 AM

I keep reading about pizz and arco. Can someone tell me what they are and what is the difference.

Thanks
Walter Keaton

ArenW · #2 10-31-2006, 03:35 AM

Arco= with a pick
Pizz= with a slide

.matthew e wengerd. · #3 10-31-2006, 04:18 AM

Arco is to play with the bow.
Pizz is short for pizzicato, which means to pluck.

**Francois Blais** · #4 10-31-2006, 05:47 AM

Arco is the spanish word for bow. (archet in french)

Pizzicato is an italian word that means plucking the strings with the fingers.

I don't know where ArenW got his info but he's all wrong.

#5 10-31-2006, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francois

Arco is the spanish word for bow. (archet in french)

Pizzicato is an italian word that means plucking the strings with the fingers.

I don't know where ArenW got his info but he's all wrong.

Like most musical terms, arco is an Italian word.

**Francois Blais** · #6 10-31-2006, 01:31 PM

Arco is also spanish.
But thanks for the addition!

Ed Fuqua · #7 10-31-2006, 01:50 PM

I always thought arco meant end of a ballad?

Walter Keaton · #8 10-31-2006, 11:31 PM

Thanks for the replies. I'm a little smarter today than I was yesterday.

Walter Keaton

**Francois Blais** · #9 11-01-2006, 06:26 AM

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texta/Arco.html

http://www.naxos.com/mgloss.htm

Marcus Johnson · #10 11-01-2006, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua

I always thought arco meant end of a ballad?