Col legno

In music for bowed string instruments, col legno, or more precisely col legno battuto (Italian pronunciation: [kɔl ˈleɲɲo batˈtuːto], Italian for "hit with the wood"), is an instruction to strike the string with the stick of the bow, rather than by drawing the hair of the bow across the strings.

Col legno

In music for bowed string instruments, col legno, or more precisely col legno battuto (Italian pronunciation: [kɔl ˈleɲɲo batˈtuːto], Italian for "hit with the wood"), is an instruction to strike the string with the stick of the bow, rather than by drawing the hair of the bow across the strings.