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at or over the fingerboard
How is am Griffbrett played?
Draw the bow at or over the fingerboard, the German equivalent of Italian sul tasto and French sur la touche. The shifted contact point often gives a softer, more diffuse or covered sound, but the result also depends on bow speed, weight, register and dynamics. Continue until another contact point or a clear endpoint is marked.
How does am Griffbrett sound?
soft, diffuse, darker, velvety
In context
German am Griffbrett means “at the fingerboard.” Write the German direction in full. Italian s.t. or S.T. abbreviates sul tasto and should not be silently re-expanded as a German abbreviation; any local shorthand needs an explicit score legend.
Equivalent terms
- IT sul tasto
- FR sur la touche
- EN over the fingerboard
- DA ved gribebrættet
- DA over gribebrættet