Darcy James Argue wrote:
Sul tasto would obviously be a very different sound from harmonics. The
passage I have in mind (for string quartet) would not be nearly as
effective played sul tasto, but that's still IMO the least worst
alternative in this specific case, if the harmonics solution had
Hi Jari,
Thanks -- very helpful. I will definitely be consulting with the
players on this, I just wanted to get a general sense of the
difficulty before I went to them.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote:
Darcy
On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote:
Please keep in mind that violas don't are in standard sizes like
violins. Some of them are huge, some small (and the instrument
sizes are not proportional to the player's hands!). Artificial
harmonics produced by stopping the string a 5th
Not fast, they are fine for most players. You will get a gap between
successive pitches (in other words, legato is out of the question.)
The biggest problem I had, though, was getting the players to play
them FIFTH touch and not 4th touch, which gave the wrong note. It
appears that among
How practical are touch-fifth artificial harmonics low on the viola?
Is that a big stretch?
Cheers,
- Darcy
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Not a big deal stretch-wise, esp. for a single note. If you have a passage
with a series of such artificial harmonics, there is a certain
At 5:44 PM -0400 4/3/08, Darcy James Argue wrote:
How practical are touch-fifth artificial harmonics low on the viola?
Is that a big stretch?
Cheers,
I assume that you mean holding down the first finger to fret the
string, and touching it with the 4th finger (5th finger to pianists!)
at
Thanks Lee ( Chris),
I think it will be okay. The notes move, but there are gliss between
notes. The notes I need can't be gotten with natural harmonics and are
too low to be generated by touch-fourth. The notes are non-negotiable
-- the question is whether to use harmonics or sul tasto,
At 6:07 PM -0400 4/3/08, Christopher Smith wrote:
Not fast, they are fine for most players. You will get a gap between
successive pitches (in other words, legato is out of the question.)
Not sure why you would say that, Christopher. If legato connection
is required, the left hand can slide
Hi John,
In this case, I do want the slide, but my previous impression was
similar to Chris's -- a string of connected artificial harmonics is
very difficult to pull off, even if the positions are fairly close
together. It's good to know it *can* be done, though!
Cheers,
- Darcy
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At 6:32 PM -0400 4/3/08, Darcy James Argue wrote:
the question is whether to use harmonics or sul tasto, but I'd much
rather have them in harmonics if possible.
? Sul tasto is a bowing instruction to bow over the
fingerboard (fewer overtones, therefore a softer tone). I can't
If Paganini could pull it out of a violin why not a viola?
ajr
At 6:07 PM -0400 4/3/08, Christopher Smith wrote:
Not fast, they are fine for most players. You will get a gap between
successive pitches (in other words, legato is out of the question.)
Not sure why you would say that,
Sul tasto would obviously be a very different sound from harmonics.
The passage I have in mind (for string quartet) would not be nearly as
effective played sul tasto, but that's still IMO the least worst
alternative in this specific case, if the harmonics solution had
proved impractical.
On Apr 3, 2008, at 6:38 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 6:07 PM -0400 4/3/08, Christopher Smith wrote:
Not fast, they are fine for most players. You will get a gap
between successive pitches (in other words, legato is out of the
question.)
Not sure why you would say that, Christopher. If
At 8:36 PM -0400 4/3/08, Christopher Smith wrote:
Maybe things are different in different circles. Darcy said
afterwards that he wanted glisses, which should be perfectly fine,
as long as he doesn't change to a 4th-touch on any of them.
Actually that's quite practical as well. On violin it
Hi Chris,
Actually, I do at one point have someone slide from a fifth-touch to a
fourth-touch, although I understand the note will disappear during the
slide.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 3 Apr 2008, at 8:36 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Maybe things are
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