Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In violin-playing, with harmonics or flageolet-tones.
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Examples
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Playing with the bow close to the bridge (sul ponticello), chiefly used tremolando, produces a metallic sound; playing on the finger-board (sul tasto, flautando) creates a dull, veiled effect.
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After an opening chaconne (recorded elsewhere as a solo piece), the hushed, fascinating sound world of the scherzo is riveting, and the lush "andante flautando" bathes us in the Romantic sensibility.
AvaxHome mrnalo 2010
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