Just to clarify, this would be in the context of a string quartet, not an orchestral context. Thanks for the responses thus far.
C. -- Colin Broom -- > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:24:57 +0100 > From: owainsut...@gmail.com > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: con sord + harmonics > > Yes, many players will react with distaste at the possibility - but then > again, many pretty much avoid ever playing a true sul pont, too. > > For an example, I'm fairly sure the end of the Nocturne from the Britten > op. 6 suite, featuring both natural and artificial harmonics, is muted. > (My music is all currently boxed up for moving house, so I can't check.) > > Muted sul pont (when played properly!) is very effective, if very quiet. > > Owain > > > Robert Patterson wrote: > > In my experience, neither conductors nor string players like the > > combination very much. It makes the harmonic sound very tentative, and > > I think it is harder to produce. I called for this combination once, > > and the conductor asked me to let them remove the mutes. But I liked > > the effect and asked them to leave them on. Nevertheless in other > > pieces I am very conscious that it may be too much of a good thing. > > > > For chamber pieces with solo strings, I have been asked by the players > > if they may remove their mutes, and then I agreed. It is a combination > > I have learned to avoid in solo parts. (The players may not ask: they > > may just remove their mutes for the harmonic anyway.) > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Colin Broom<colin_br...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I figure there's a lot of epxerienced strong players and orchestrators out > >> there, and I've read some very good advice here before, so here goes: > >> > >> Can anyone tell me (as much as it is possible to describe something like > >> this) on an orchestral string instrument what effect applying the mute has > >> on harmonics, artificial or natural? Does it even have much of an effect? > >> Or does it even cause problems in the playing of them? > >> > >> Similarly, what effect does the mute have on sul pont.? > >> > >> If anyone can even point me in the direction of pieces that make use of > >> either or these (with mute) I'd be grateful. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> C. > >> > >> -- > >> Colin Broom > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Share your memories online with anyone you want. > >> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/_______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> Finale@shsu.edu > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organise, edit, and share your photos. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/_______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
