Martelé (bowstroke)

Martelé (French pronunciation: [maʁt(ə)le]; literally meaning "hammered")[1][2] is a percussive bow stroke used when playing bowed string instruments, though the Italian martellando and martellato are also applied to piano and vocal technique, and even (by Franz Liszt) to the organ.[1] Bows made in the 18th century and earlier, due to their lack of a ferrule, were unable to support the pressure needed to perform the martelé stroke.[1][5] Martelé is a form of détaché, which is a term for any bow stroke that is separate from those adjacent to it.Then the pressure is released, and the wrist moves to perform a short détaché stroke before stopping on the string.[5][6] Due to the pause and need for preparation between strokes, martelé is unable to be performed on passages of exceptional speed.
Two ways in which the martelé bowstroke is commonly notated.
An excerpt from Dotzauer's cello étude no. 6, played with martelé bowing
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