Meaning & use
arco
In music, an instruction to play a string instrument with the bow, rather than by plucking.
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The conductor signaled arco after several measures of pizzicato from the cellos.
The score marks arco clearly so the violinists know to switch back to the bow.
A note on using this word
Arco is Italian for bow and is the standard notation used to cancel a previous pizzicato instruction.
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pizzicato
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