col legno meaning

/kol lenˈyö or kō lānˈyō/
  (music)
  An instruction to string players to use the wood of the bow
  ORIGIN: Ital, with the wood

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Hume's work also discusses playing col legno on the lyra viol.
Marko Nikodijevic, " dark / rooms " Ensemble musikFabrik Col Legno 40408, 2013
He has recorded Niccol� Castiglioni ( Col Legno ) and Alberto Ginastera's complete piano works ( Phoenix Classics ).
Other techniques like the " Col legno ", the " Pizzicato " or the " Martellato " are generally not used on the Morin Huur.
Violin family string instrument players are occasionally instructed to strike the string with the stick of the bow, a technique called " col legno ".