col legno
See also: Collegno
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian col legno (literally “with the wood”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒl ˈlɛnjəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkoʊl ˈleɪnjoʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnjəʊ, -eɪnjəʊ
Adverb
editcol legno (not comparable)
- (music) A musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow.
- 1996, Kathryn Bailey, editor, Webern Studies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156:
- Webern took particular care with the col legno passages. In the quiet ostinatos of the first and third pieces (which can be seen as parallel in many ways), he added weich gezogen (gently drawn) to the col legno indications.
Translations
editthe strings must be struck with the wood of the bow
Further reading
editItalian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “with the wood”.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (music) col legno (the strings must be struck with the wood of the bow)
- Hyponyms: col legno battuto (literally “with the beaten wood, beating the wood”); col legno tratto (literally “with the drawn wood, drawing the wood”)
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