Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: doing pizzicato in a piece

  1. #1
    Registered User Nick Royal's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Santa Cruz, CA
    Posts
    446

    Default doing pizzicato in a piece

    I am playing a piece that calls for pizzicato the 3rd time around.
    My way is by placing the heal of my right hand on the strings.

    Is that the correct way? Or other ways to do it?

  2. #2
    Martin Stillion mrmando's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Seattle
    Posts
    13,103

    Default Re: doing pizzicato in a piece

    Use fingers instead of your pick?
    Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.

    Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!

    Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls

  3. #3
    Registered User John Kelly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Ardnadam, Argyll, Scotland
    Posts
    2,281

    Default Re: doing pizzicato in a piece

    I am not a classical player but I reckon the palm-muting you mention, Nick, is certainly a way of doing this. Get the fleshy edge of your picking hand close to the bridge saddle to dampen the strings. Correct placement is trickier on the shorter scale of the mando compared to doing this on a guitar.
    I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe

    http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores

  4. #4
    Registered User Tom Wright's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Rockville, MD
    Posts
    1,919
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default Re: doing pizzicato in a piece

    Muting at the bridge is one method, not the only one. The goal is a short note, fast decay.

    A muting style with more "pop" is fingering lightly just on top of the fret.

    The left hand technique leaves your picking free to be at a convenient location along the string. I think it is what Al Dimeola uses, to shift from clear to muted while picking fast.
    Bandcamp -- https://tomwright1.bandcamp.com/
    Videos--YouTube
    Sound Clips--SoundCloud
    The viola is proof that man is not rational

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •