String techniques (U+E610–U+E62F)

GlyphDescriptionGlyphDescription
U+E610 (and U+1D1AA)
stringsDownBow
Down bow
U+E611
stringsDownBowTurned
Turned down bow
U+E612 (and U+1D1AB)
stringsUpBow
Up bow
U+E613
stringsUpBowTurned
Turned up bow
U+E614 (and U+1D1AC)
stringsHarmonic
Harmonic
U+E615
stringsHalfHarmonic
Half-harmonic
U+E616
stringsMuteOn
Mute on
U+E617
stringsMuteOff
Mute off
U+E618
stringsBowBehindBridge
Bow behind bridge (sul ponticello)
U+E619
stringsBowOnBridge
Bow on top of bridge
U+E61A
stringsBowOnTailpiece
Bow on tailpiece
U+E61B
stringsOverpressureDownBow
Overpressure, down bow
U+E61C
stringsOverpressureUpBow
Overpressure, up bow
U+E61D
stringsOverpressurePossibileDownBow
Overpressure possibile, down bow
U+E61E
stringsOverpressurePossibileUpBow
Overpressure possibile, up bow
U+E61F
stringsOverpressureNoDirection
Overpressure, no bow direction
U+E620
stringsJeteAbove
Jeté (gettato) above
U+E621
stringsJeteBelow
Jeté (gettato) below
U+E622
stringsFouette
Fouetté
U+E623
stringsVibratoPulse
Vibrato pulse accent (Saunders) for stem
U+E624
stringsThumbPosition
Thumb position
U+E625
stringsThumbPositionTurned
Turned thumb position
U+E626
stringsChangeBowDirection
Change bow direction, indeterminate
U+E627
stringsBowBehindBridgeOneString
Bow behind bridge on one string
U+E628
stringsBowBehindBridgeTwoStrings
Bow behind bridge on two strings
U+E629
stringsBowBehindBridgeThreeStrings
Bow behind bridge on three strings
U+E62A
stringsBowBehindBridgeFourStrings
Bow behind bridge on four strings
  
GlyphDescriptionGlyphDescription
uniE626.salt01
stringsChangeBowDirectionLiga
Change bow direction, indeterminate (Pricope)
uniE626.salt02
stringsChangeBowDirectionImposed
Change bow direction, indeterminate (Plötz)

Implementation notes

Scoring applications should not use the precomposed glyphs that include stems but instead draw the stems using primitives and impose the symbols upon them to ensure optimal positioning.