0 played by plucking the strings of a musical instrument such as a violin or cello with the fingers instead of using a bow --
Music of a livelier disposition followed with much rhythmic figurations for cello accompanied by sprightly pizzicato, which ultimately led to a big tutti with a sweepingly romantic violin tune.
The music begins like a window opening on a forest: the dawn chorus bursts in, played by 17 solo instruments, accompanied by a heartbeat on pizzicato strings.
Pizzicato open fifths sound in the low strings at the beginning of the coda.
Resonances internal to objects (hollow wooden resonance, metallic resonance, stringed instrument pizzicato resonance, etc.) can give the impression that their vibrations are enclosed by some kind of solid material.
This is especially marked in the second and third sections where the slow-moving chords and agitated pizzicato rhythms have a portentous quality.
The use of pizzicato strings moving in parallel fifths, fourths and octaves and the rapid xylophone figuration hardly represent innovations in musical japonisme.
At bar 21, the strings abruptly change their material from pizzicato to sustained double-stop chords.
In pizzicato violin, strummed or plucked guitar, and piano, the user is not in continuous contact with the primary resonator.
