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
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
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
Just to clarify, this would be in the context of a string quartet, not an
orchestral context. Thanks for the responses thus far.
C.
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Colin Broom
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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:24:57 +0100
From: owainsut...@gmail.com
To: finale@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: con sord + harmonics
: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
At 3:54 PM +0100 7/27/09, Colin Broom 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
Colin,
Take a listen to Webern's Op. 5 String Quartet, 4th movement.
Here is a pdf of the score at the IMSLP:
http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP00370-Webern_-_Five_movements_for_String_Quartet_Op5.pdf
The whole movement is mit Dämpfer four all four. There is a harmonic
in the
Not to mention those string players who wouldn't play pizzicato for
Monteverdi since they considered it a bastardization of the instrument!
ajr
At 3:54 PM +0100 7/27/09, Colin Broom wrote:
I figure there's a lot of epxerienced strong players and
orchestrators out there, and I've read some very
Isn't it strange the way the mind (at least, mine) works. Until I
read this post, at age 69, my brain had never connected Sul Pont
with say, Ponte Vecchio. Oh, duh ... I says, I was in Venice
decades ago, and never processed the Italian word for Bridge until
today. So, thanks to you guys