arco

adverb or adjective. ar·​co ˈär-(ˌ)kō : with the bow. usually used as a direction in music for players of stringed instruments compare pizzicato.

Arco ("arch" or "bow"), from latin arcus, meaning the same.

This is an Italian word that translates to “with bow.” In notation, arco would indicate that a part or passage is played on a stringed instrument (a violin, for instance) with a bow. It may also indicate the end of a passage marked pizzicato.

Arco Sentence Examples

1. He was on his way to open this Assembly, when he was shot dead in the street by a young Count Arco on Feb.
2. The socalled Arco di Riccardo is a half-buried Roman arch with Corinthian pilasters, possibly a triumphal arch, possibly connected with an aqueduct.

The arco violin bowing technique is the most common method of playing the violin, and simply means to play with the standard bowing technique. The arco violin technique can be used on a wide variety of stringed instruments such as the violin, viola, cello or double bass.

About The Instrument The sound of Arco could be described as a hybrid between a piano and a string ensemble. We took four pianos (two grands and two uprights), put them in a concert hall and performed each note with a range of techniques.

bow From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

rainbow Translation of arco iris – Spanish-English dictionary rainbow [noun] the coloured/colored arch sometimes seen in the sky opposite the sun when rain is falling.

Pizzicato is a playing technique for bowed string instruments which produces a short and percussive sound. When played, the notes should be plucked with fingers instead of bowed. Arco indicates the end of Pizzicato.

Bowing. Bowing (Italian: arco) is a method used in some string instruments, including the violin, viola, cello, and the double bass (of the violin family), and the old viol family. The bow consists of a stick with a "ribbon" of parallel horse tail hairs stretched between its ends.

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), former American petroleum corporation that was headquartered in Los Angeles and was bought in 2000 by the giant BP Amoco (later BP PLC).

We commonly use the pronoun it as both a subject and an object pronoun:

1. Don't drink the milk. It smells terrible.
2. Has anyone seen my phone? I can't find it anywhere.
3. That furniture is lovely. It isn't too expensive for us, is it?
4. You know the flat with three bedrooms by the supermarket?