Col legno
Using the wood backing of a bow to hit the strings of an instrument / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Collegno.
In music for bowed string instruments, col legno, or more precisely col legno battuto (Italian for 'with the wood [being hit]'; pronounced [kol ˈleɲɲo batˈtuːto]), is an instruction to strike the string with the stick of the bow across the strings.