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# Strings

### Pizzicato

“pizz.” (pizzicato) vs “arco” (bowed)

TODO

### Spiccato

“spicc.” (spiccato) vs “ord.” (ordinario)

TODO

### 8va Lines and Clef Changes

For violins:

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0AqfyFs_4V8TxumtW3nvOIJ3zCNSHYiJ0phmw1b2Dwg3DFjHsEyXgoULBolOoU8sh2hGYNX3uLaWPsflqe0QX0VhUhiY1uVFypUKe-UjK9tZq0IuZ8QqfzzxiIezTaMey-s6Vi5o)![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7IbgBOslC4H57o_UHjVswIAd1DwhwFK8izhWS2noIdK4HPO3dE32qjR_SyogQt_KoOmT9yVPk_eFjnu7sGbutNojQbD31Sv7_4nN2wh4PFrAUAMXL-HIPVn8yfo5UsPgxNaUfgtf)&#x20;

For violas or cellos, if a part goes too high to be comfortably read, you can temporarily switch to a treble/tenor clef.
