It starts with a viola solo accompanied by cello pizzicato. The woodwinds expose a second theme, accompanied by pizzicato. The second movement opens with a fast crescendo with pizzicato chords in the cello. In the middle of this section, there is an oboe solo accompanied by pizzicato strings. It ends quietly with pizzicato strings. This is done to facilitate transitions from pizzicato to arco playing. In act 2, Giovanni is seen to play the mandolin, accompanied by pizzicato strings. Left hand pizzicato is usually done on open strings. In pizzicato playing, the string is plucked directly with the fingers or thumb. Weinroth-Browne inserted harmonic and pizzicato elements to "Alleviate". An unusual style of pizzicato was known as a thump. It is used to hold the bow while a player plays pizzicato parts. This technique is rarely used, and usually only in movements which are pizzicato throughout. There are two common positions for playing pizzicato. The pizzicato style varies between different players and genres.