@Another User said:
How does a string player actually play flautando?
flautando = basic execution near the end of the fingerboard with flautando pressure.
On-String-Technique: Look at flautando as a bow pressure with a vertical plane change. Where and how it is played can be added. Examples:
flautato sul ponticello.
Example “flautato sul pont.” See *pdf page 29
http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06262003-152118/unrestricted/02NKG.pdfsul tasto flautando. (sur le chevalet)
flautato falsettato.
flautato alla punta d'arco.
flautato a sei. (six players only)
flautato a mezza voce. (string section)
con mezzo arco.
etc.
Flautando bow pressure: Normal bow pressure vs. flautando (vertical-plane change) as opposed to the single horizontal dimension change of the Haydn (normal bow position vs. ponticello) and normal bow position vs. ponticello (horizontal-planechange).
Flautato can also be played behind the bridge. You can indicate flautando to be played anywhere, even on your nose (it.) “flautato sul naso e grido” or invent “flautissimevolissimevolmente”.
Basics: Sul ponticello means on the bridge. Sul tasto means on the fingerboard, the string is bowed over the fingerboard near the end.
Flautando (it.) (engl. 'flute-like'), instruction to a stringed instrument to bow over the fingerboard to produce a flute-like tone.
Flautato (it) a on-string-technique in which the sound of a flute is imitated by bowing near the end of the fingerboard.
I would indicate flautando even with Off-String-Technique. Don't shoot at me me now! [:)]
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