Sul Tasto: play over the fingerboard - results in a softer sound with less body and harmonicsįlautando: flute-like sound that often results from playing Sul Tasto But after witnessing the rise of our current state, the degree of political disarray and corruption, and the dismantling of civility in public discourse - Europe is lookin’ pretty sweet.īelow is a list of articulations and playing techniques you may come across as you navigate the ever-growing list of string sample libraries available: (references listed below)
The fact that musical expressions are written predominantly in the Italian language in American scores, is due partly to a lingering Euro-centrism, habitual practices and because they just sound good in Italian, rolling off the tongue in a rhythmic asymmetry that sounds musical in itself.Īs an American, I once criticized the Euro-centrism that has dominated our culture from the very beginning. Anyone that has used a string sample library has encountered a variety of terms, usually in Italian, relating to string articulations.
