
The string quartet version has been recorded by the Ying Quartet and is commercially available on the Telarc CD entitled “Dim Sum,” featuring short works for string quartet by Chinese American composers. Funded in part by the Composer Assistance Program of the American Music Center, the entire string quartet, a four-movement composition in which Pizzicato is the third, was premiered by the Avalon String Quartet on Januas part of the Chamber Music Columbus series in Ohio. Pizzicato was read by the American String Quartet while I was an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) in New Smyrna Beach, Florida from April 29–May 17, 2001. The harp is the best known orchestral instrument whose tone depends upon the noise components added by plucking.


Inspired by listening to Asian folk music, the piece is influenced partly by the music of the Chinese plucked instruments pipa and qin as well as by the energetic rhythms of Indonesian gamelan. Also known as: plucking Learn about this topic in these articles: characteristics In musical sound: Chordophones are sounded by plucking (pizzicato) on occasion, which provides a brittle tone of extremely brief duration. The central sound produced is that of plucked strings as well a few surprises in the middle and towards the end of the work. Use the many intuitive composition tools and express yourself through music composition.
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Teach yourself music and how to use the software, without prior knowledge of music. Pizzicato is a short work for string quartet, the duration of which the players never use their bows. Instrumentation: violin, viola, cello Commission: Composer Assistance Program of the American Music Center Premiere: Avalon String Quartet on January 24, 2004. Pizzicato helps anybody to write, compose, print and listen to his sheet music.

Recording on Telarc Label with Ying Quartet released January 2008.
