> I've heard Irish fiddlers bounce bows for what I call a triplet, but this
> is extremely difficult to control. I've heard classical violinists playing
> traditional music do a form of it as well - lifting the bow after each
> short stroke. This sounds exactly like a classical violinist playing
> traditional tunes. There's probably a fancy Italian name for the
> technique.
Spiccato?
: They're basically trying to get a sound like a birl on the pipes. My
: wife, or one of the other pipers can explain exactly how the birls work.
Something like {dGAG}A or {AGAG}A - the idea is that the low G on the
pipes is the loudest and the most dissonant against the drones, so this
ornament is the most emphatic attack possible, giving the effect of a
drumstroke.
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