Editing Pizzicato (section)

==Notation==
In [[music notation]], a composer will normally indicate the performer should use pizzicato with the abbreviation ''pizz.'' A return to bowing is indicated by the [[Italian language|Italian]] term ''arco'' or ''bog''. A left hand pizzicato is usually indicated by writing a small cross above the note, and a [[Bartók]] pizzicato is often indicated by a circle with a small vertical line through the top of it above the note in question or by writing ''Bartók pizz'' at the start of the relevant passage. 

In classical music, arco playing is the default assumption; thus, if a music notation part starts and no indication is given as to whether the notes are arco or pizz, the player assumes that the notes are bowed.