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From the name of composer Béla Bartók, who employed it extensively. (Other composes such as Gustav Mahler have also employed it.)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bartók pizzicato
Today it means: Snap pizzicato. Full definition →
Today it means: Snap pizzicato. Full definition →
From the name of composer Béla Bartók, who employed it extensively. (Other composes such as Gustav Mahler have also employed it.)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.