piano Digital Piano App

Online pizzicato violin

Play the violin, pizzicato style, with our simple online keyboard.

The pizzicato sound effect is achieved by plucking the strings with the fingers instead of dragging a bow across them. It produces a very different sound to the bowed sound.

You may be familiar with this sound from the introduction of Buddy Holly’s 1958 hit Raining in My heart, or The Land of Chocolate scene from The Simpsons.

Alternatively, if you play the popular online game Among Us, the “Dead body reported” sound effect utilizes a pizzicato string effect.

You can use your computer keyboard to play the instrument, or if you are on a mobile or tablet device, simply tap the keys with your fingers. You can also connect a MIDI controller via USB and play via that method.