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What is the bowing technique where the musician changes bow direction rapidly called?

It's kind of like a trill, but on the same note. I am trying to add it to an arrangement, so if there's a short-hand way to write it in the score, that would help also.

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  • 10 years ago
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    Tremolo? You indicate that with three hatches across the stem of the note. If the tempo is slow enough that it could be mistaken for a measured repeated note, write "trem" above the note.

  • Tremolo. You would write it with three hatches or slashes through the stem of the note, or above it (or below) if it doesn't have a stem.

    But you could also be talking about two slashes, and then it would mean sixteenth notes - like in Beethoven's Fifth. The tempo is wicked fast, so I think of it as a tremolo, but then it still has to be even sixteenth notes.

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