In this episode I talk about Pizzicato. It's easy to neglect pizzicato because we don't encounter plucking in every piece, and it often seems fairly straight-forward, with only a few notes and chords occasionally needing to be plucked. But if you think about it, it is almost like playing a different instrument, and worth spending a bit of time on. Plucked notes don't project nearly as well as notes played with the bow, because the sound fades away very quickly. Therefore in order to be heard the

We know how pizzicato sounds on a string instrument. But what does it mean when Rachmaninoff gives us a description for the piano part - quasi pizzicato? Let‘s find out in the 8th episode about his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini! #YuliannasMusicalDialogues | Yulianna Avdeeva - pianist