Italian for "plucked " An instruction to performers on string instruments to pluck instead of bow their strings
If a stringed instrument is played pizzicato, it is played by pulling the strings with the fingers rather than by using the bow. Pizzicato is also a noun. an extended pizzicato section. musical notes played by pulling on the strings of an instrument (past participle of pizzicare )
producing sound on a stringed instrument by plucking rather than bowing the strings