Hidden Pizzicato

[kelseylussierl]

Pizzicato markings occur earlier in the score and apply to the example, but aren't written at the example location.

[kelseylussierl]

T795: "sempre pizz." written at beginning of SWFU ("Hymn"), still applies at example start location (19th bar of SWFU) but is not written at this location in Suter (nor in the full score)

Beginning of SWFU (with pizz marking):

Example (without written pizz marking, but pizz still active):

[kelseylussierl]

R396: Cello and bass pizz. at rehearsal 7 carries through to example location (no written pizz. in cello and bass at example location and throughout example)

[craigsapp]

Hidden pizzicato articulations cannot be handled in Sibelius, or in the MusicXML from Sibelius, but they can be added later in Humdrum. A staccato is the ' character, and a hidden staccato is 'y, where the y means to hide the staccato.

[cdf75ubc]

In example T594, Honegger adds staccato to the 1st measure of the excerpt (trumpets: every 3rd eighth-note), but does not add to the subsequent bars.

[cdf75ubc]

In example T606, Honegger stops adding staccato to the 1st violin after bar 7:

[cdf75ubc]

In example T527, Martinu marks arco later in the excerpt which means it comes from pizzicato before.

[kelseylussierl]

T155

"arco" markings in Suter scan indicate previous articulation is likely pizzicato. Full score accessed through nkoda confirms this - all strings playing in this example have a hidden pizz.