How to change sections of a violin part audio to pizzicato
I'm currently working on an arrangement of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for String Quintet for a school project. Some of the notes in the violin parts use pizzicato and some are bowed. How do I change the audio for INDIVIDUAL NOTES from bowed to pizzicato and back again? (I don't know how to bold or italicize here, so I'm using caps for emphasis instead; I'm not mad.)
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Or select the note where you want the Pizz to start and select "pizz" from the text palette (on the right of your screen). Notes will be pizz until you add "arco" from the same palette to cancel pizz.
In reply to Or select the note where you… by bobjp
I like this option.
Since I want to have the Pizz text be invisible, what would be the correct articulation to use in place of that?
In reply to I like this option. Since I… by 2142Kitch
Make the pizz text invisible
In reply to Make the pizz text invisible by Jojo-Schmitz
That's what I was planning to do. Since I also need a visual cue for the violin player, which of the available articulations do I use to tell the player to use pizzicato on that note?
In reply to That's what I was planning… by 2142Kitch
Just use the pizz. text and leave it visible. That is what violinists expect and know how to deal with
In reply to Just use the pizz. text and… by Jojo-Schmitz
That would work if later in the piece I wasn't going to be using 16th notes that are alternating arco and pizz. That would take up too much space.
In reply to That would work if later in… by 2142Kitch
Are these left-hand pizz? The + sign is in the 'articulations' palette.
In reply to Are these left-hand pizz?… by Brer Fox
That is for muted though, isn't it?
In reply to That is for muted though,… by Jojo-Schmitz
I know the symbol description says "muted (closed)" but I don't know what that means - maybe something for brass? As a long-term violinist I can assure you that in string music the "+" is used for left-hand pizzicato. "Muted" is always marked "con sord(ino)".
https://upload.wikimedia.org/score/a/8/a8fs3x6ls4y1qdkonfftj7gramd3r1w/…
In reply to I know the symbol… by Brer Fox
Yes, for brass.
In reply to That would work if later in… by 2142Kitch
It's also not playable, though. Think about what's involved in switching from bowed to plucked - unless the tempo is like 1 beat per minute, you aren't going to be able to switch back and forth every sixteenth.
In reply to It's also not playable,… by Marc Sabatella
That's why I asked about left-hand pizzicato - there are some pieces, potentially including the Hungarian Rhapsody, that bow the tune on the violin A string on the 1st and 3rd semiquaver and LH pizz the open E string on the 2nd and 4th ones. It's a bit virtuoso for a school project, though, unless by school the OP means conservatoire.
In reply to It's also not playable,… by Marc Sabatella
That's the musician's problem, not the composer's ;-)
In reply to That's what I was planning… by 2142Kitch
Or use the "Bartók Pizzicato" articulation?