Piano Extended techniques Flashcards

Plucking the strings with a fingertip or fingernail

Using a bow (horsehair or other materials) to draw across the strings, creating a continuous, sustained tone or pitched impuls

Lightly touching the strings at specific points while depressing the corresponding key to produce higher, pure tone

Sliding the fingers across the strings, often from a pre-held chord, to create a gliding effec

Inserting objects (felt, wood, screws, etc.) into the piano's mechanism, on or between the strings, to alter their tone

Placing a hand or another object on the strings to dampen them while playing the keys with the other hand

Tapping, slapping, or striking the resonant body, rim, or outer casing of the piano to create percussive sounds

Using the palm, fist, or forearm to strike the keys, creating a forceful, percussive attack