DE breit gezogen articulation common Support my free tools
broadly drawn out or broadly bowed; write breit gezogen in full
How is breit gezogen played?
Give the marked line a broad, sustained delivery. In Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony the complete phrase appears in the string texture, but the instrument and surrounding notation decide whether the breadth is made through bow use, breath, phrasing or tone. Carry the sound through its intended value without clipping it; do not infer a slower tempo, louder dynamic or fixed amount of weight unless those are marked separately. Keep the character for the locally indicated phrase or until a new instruction appears.
How does breit gezogen sound?
The phrase sounds spacious, weighty and deliberately extended.
In context
German breit gezogen means broadly drawn or broadly bowed. Bruckner prints the phrase in full, alongside separate tempo, dynamic and articulation information. No contraction met the three-source threshold, so the safest notation is the complete phrase.