# Bartók pizzicato

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. snap pizzicato

## Etymology
From the name of composer Béla Bartók. There is an indication for the Celli and Double Basses in the third movement of Gustave Mahler's 7th Symphony: which states: "so stark anreissen, das die saiten an das holz schlagen" (Pull so hard that the strings hit the wood). Mahler lived before Bartok, so this snap effect is falsely attributed to Bartok.

## Source
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