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  • solo strings : hammer on and pull off

    D
    D

    Hello

    Is it possible to achieve hammer on and  pull off on solo strings pizz?and how?

    Best regards

    Dup
  • B
    B

    I am trying to imagine that on a real violin.  A pizz note is so short that the hammer on would require a very strong finger hammer very quickly after the pluck, and even then I would expect the sound to be very quiet.  Perhaps you have seen or heard someone do this with good results.  It is an interesting quesiton.
  • BillB
    BillB

    You'll see what it looks like here, at about 3:50



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  • D
    D
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    @Bill said:

    You'll see what it looks like here, at about 3:50



    That's just left hand pizzicato.

    DG
  • D
    D

    Hello,

    Thanks for your answer and interests

    The pull off or hammer on is comon in popular  or jazz music on bass and cello.
    I want to do like:
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/pih2qqp2p9vhudp/Cello%20pizz.mp3

    I tried with pitch bend : it's  ok but a little ~ if often used
    Perhaps somebody has another idea?

    Concerning violin the name of this effect is perhaps " slurred pizzicato" used in contempory music like here on violin few eaxamples (5'05''):

    best regards

    Dup
  • M
    M

    Have you considered using the VSL Jazz Bass?