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How is al centro played?
Move the contact point to the centre specified by the score and use the separately notated implement and stroke. On a membrane, bar, cymbal, soundboard or other surface, centre and edge excite different vibration patterns, but the resulting colour is instrument-specific: centre contact may be fuller, drier, more focused or even deliberately dead. Do not infer one universal timbre without the instrument and local legend.
How does al centro sound?
Central, full sound rather than edge sound.
In context
Al centro is an Italian playing-area instruction meaning at the centre. It governs placement rather than mallet type, articulation or dynamic and normally contrasts with an edge instruction such as sul bordo. No candidate had three independent direct expansions of this complete phrase, so al centro remains written out.