[ << Specialist notation ]	[Top][Contents][Index]	[ General input and output >> ]
[ < Harmonics ]	[ Up : Common notation for unfretted strings ]	[ Fretted string instruments > ]

---

Snap (Bartók) pizzicato

A snap pizzicato (also known as “Bartok pizz”) is a type of pizzicato where the string is deliberately plucked upwards (rather than sideways) such that it hits the fingerboard.

\relative {
  c'4\snappizzicato
  <c' e g>4\snappizzicato
  <c' e g>4^\snappizzicato
  <c, e g>4_\snappizzicato
}