Word 1 of 10: PIZZICATO
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A few of the words
- PIZZICATO
- The word comes from Italian, meaning 'pinched', a perfect description of the way a bassist's fingers snap the string away from the fingerboard to set it singing.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ROSIN
- Rosin is hardened tree resin, rubbed onto the bow hair so it grips the string and draws out a sustained tone rather than sliding silently across.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ARCO
- Arco is the Italian word for 'bow,' and it appears in jazz charts as the instruction to switch from plucking back to bowing, a single small word that completely changes a song's color.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Upright Bass: a free online word search
Upright bass word search, free to play, no sign-up needed. That low, walking pulse underneath every jazz band has a name, and it's hiding in here.
About The Upright Bass
The upright bass stands at the quiet center of jazz, its low voice felt as much as heard. A bassist walks the changes night after night, four beats to the bar, fingers pressing thick steel strings against a carved spruce top, and the whole band floats on that foundation. Whether plucked with the fingers in the pizzicato style or drawn with a rosined bow, the instrument's wooden body amplifies every nuance into something warm, round, and alive.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.The level you pick sets those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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