col legno

See also: Collegno

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian col legno (literally “with the wood”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒl ˈlɛnjəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊl ˈleɪnjoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjəʊ, -eɪnjəʊ

Adverb

col legno (not comparable)

1. (music) A musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow.
   • 1996, Kathryn Bailey, editor, Webern Studies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156:

     Webern took particular care with the col legno passages. In the quiet ostinatos of the first and third pieces (which can be seen as parallel in many ways), he added weich gezogen (gently drawn) to the col legno indications.

Translations

the strings must be struck with the wood of the bow

• Esperanto: per ligno
• French: col legno (fr)
• Italian: col legno
• Japanese: コル・レーニョ (koru rēnyo)

Further reading

• col legno on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “with the wood”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol ˈleɲ.ɲo/
• Homophone: Collegno
• Hyphenation: col‧lé‧gno

Adverb

col legno

1. (music) col legno (the strings must be struck with the wood of the bow)

   Hyponyms: col legno battuto (literally “with the beaten wood, beating the wood”); col legno tratto (literally “with the drawn wood, drawing the wood”)