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An instruction to play with the wood of the bow.
Also known as: With the wood marking, Col legno battuto, Col legno tratto
Col legno instructs a string player to use the wood of the bow rather than the hair, either struck against the string or drawn across it.
A line of printed letters above the staff, cancelled later by an instruction to return to ordinary bowing.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.