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
