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At the bridge — the German equivalent of sul ponticello.
German and Austrian composers use Am Steg instead of sul ponticello. The effect is identical — thin, glassy, overtone-rich tone from bowing near the bridge.
Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" — am Steg passages create otherworldly string textures in the night-scene depiction.
Am Steg 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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