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At the fingerboard — the German equivalent of sul tasto.
The German instruction for bowing over the fingerboard, producing soft, flute-like tone. Common in Mahler, Strauss, and the Second Viennese School.
Mahler's Symphony No. 4, second movement — am Griffbrett strings create an eerily sweet, distant quality.
Am Griffbrett is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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