on a stringed instrument, where the left hand is placed to play particular notes
Position
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Position Shift
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Technique
Clean position shifts require release timing, relaxed hand movement, and precise arrival. Shifts are often indicated with fin…
Purfling
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an inlay of wood placed along or just inside the border of the belly and back of instruments of the stringed instrument famil…
Pegdisc
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
Pegbox
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
p
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Thumb of the right hand See p,i,m,a in Left & Right Hand Fingerings
Arco
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Italian
play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument
Artificial harmonics
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high notes produced on a stringed instrument where the strings is stopped lightly halfway along its sounding length
Clef
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symbol placed on the left of the stave which establishes the relationship between notes and their position on the staff lines…