I learn up bow and down bow, the golden mean, staccato and legato, sul tasto and sul ponticello. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
For instance, Geoff Knorr's piece has a very interesting swelling effect using harmonics with sul ponticello. From Wordnik.com. [NewMusicBox] Reference
Playing with the bow close to the bridge (sul ponticello), chiefly used tremolando, produces a metallic sound; playing on the finger-board (sul tasto, flautando) creates a dull, veiled effect. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of orchestration] Reference
By contrast, the Emersons again took a more subdued approach, applying a gentle insistence to the repeated-note counter-melody of the first movement and a buzzing, outer-space feel to the sul ponticello section. From Wordnik.com. [Ionarts] Reference
Eugene Ormandy proves a most sympathetic accompanist here, even accommodating Rubinstein's rather questionable changes to Chopin's text: Rubinstein ordered a cut at the end of the first movement, and the violins in the mazurka episode of the finale play the passages with their bows, rather than sul ponticello (with the wood) as Chopin indicated. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
No, qui non c'è nessun ponticello. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome] Reference
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