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Pizzicato
Learn how to perform precise and clear pizzicato with your left hand.
Definition
Definition
Pull the finger sideways off the fingerboard.
Use lots of finger pressure.
The finger creating the pitch requires the most pressure—even more pressure than the finger that plucks the strings!
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Exercises
Intermediate
Pull the pizzicato finger to the side.
Use lots of finger pressure, especially on the finger that plays the pitch.
Practice only in short segments to avoid getting blisters on your finger tips!
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Master Classes
Bazzini: Round of the Goblins
For the scale, press all fingers on the left hand into the fingerboard, then pull them off to the side.
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Sarasate: Caprice Basque
Practice pizzicato left hand passages slowly with the metronome.
Use dotted rhythms and other patterns to train rhythmical accuracy.
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Performances
Paganini: Caprice No. 24
Violin, Yang Liu
Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme
Violin, Yang Liu
Piano, Ina Ham
