Col legno

In music for bowed string instruments, col legno, or more precisely col legno battuto (pronounced [kol ˈleɲɲo batˈtuːto], Italian for '"with the wood [being hit]"'), 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 (pronounced [kol ˈleɲɲo batˈtuːto], Italian for '"with the wood [being hit]"'), 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.