Re: String Bass Notation

[Vaughan McAlley]

On 19 April 2012 03:08, Tim Roberts <address@hidden> wrote:
> Playing in the pit for Pirates of Penzance last night, the bass player
> pointed out an articulation mark in the string bass part that neither of us
> had seen before.  It was basically the Greek character "phi" -- a circle
> with a vertical line all the way through it.  It occurred several times.
>
> This is a hand-drawn score.  I'm thinking that they probably meant snap
> pizzicato, and it was easier to draw the line all the way through than to
> stop part way through.  Snap pizzicato would fit in the context, and I have
> found no source that shows the exact "phi" symbol.  Have any of you string
> players seen that notation?
>
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Snap pizzicato and the very Victorian Arthur Sullivan don’t really gel
together in my mind. I wish I could offer an alternative theory.

Vaughan