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Thread #54224 Message #839348
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
02-Dec-02 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Double bass strings for folk?
Subject: RE: Double bass strings for folk?
Les - Arco means bowed. Pizz (short for pizzicato) means plucked. Most folk bass is, of course, pizzicato, but most upright players I know have never heard the word. They call it thumpin'. ;-)