col legno

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛnjəʊ, -eɪnjəʊ

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.

• col legno on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Literally, “with the wood”.

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

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”)