On Sep 10, 2006, at 11:30 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I have a section in a piece I'm writing where the violin soloist plays
a series of artificial harmonics (P4 above). When the passage comes to
an open string, I've usually thought of those notes as being natural
harmonics. The thing is that the traditional notation for natural
harmonics looks odd and jumps out at you.
Should I carry on with the artificial harmonics notation (a note and a
diamond a P4th above) or should I mix the two kinds of harmonics
notation?
The notation for artificial harmonics exists for clarification
purposes, and is not mystically connected to the idea of the harmonic
being artificial; it is therefore perfectly acceptable to use this
notation for a natural harmonic where that would be clearer.
However, to make certain the player does not go for an artificial
harmonic on another string, you should either indicate the string name,
or put a zero above the note to indicate the open string.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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