Is there a music sign for hitting the Violin's body?
I'm just asking if there's any music sign that tells the Violinist to tap their violin...
The arrangement that I'm planning to make sounds more bizarre than this.
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There an asterisk like sign in the symbols palette (or the master palette) called Golpe, and that is used for Guitars to the the player to tap on the pick giuard of the guitar, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_(guitar_technique)
I've never seen a standardized sign. Composers/publishers use a sign of their choosing and explain it either in the preface to the score and/or at its first use. This is far less common than knocking on a double bass, but this is the same thing they do for the double bass.
In reply to I've never seen a… by mike320
I sometimes use an altered note head with instructions via Staff Text to indicate an effect applied to a note. I think I do it most often for spoken lyrics interjected into a musical line, but the principle is the same. For playback purposes, I employ a hidden instrument (or channel) change for the affected notes.