> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Actor > Sent: 11 September 2006 17:47 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: RE: [Finale] artificial or natural harmonic notation? > > > > At 12:49 AM -0700 9/11/06, Lee Actor wrote: > > > > > >Besides, in some contexts it may be advantageous to > > >playing it as an artificial harmonic, as this would allow vibrato > > >(impossible on a natural harmonic). > > > > Not entirely true. It's a different kind of vibrato with limited > > amplitude, but quite easy to produce and sounds like ... well ... > > vibrato. > > > > John > > You're right for octave harmonics, which have some leeway. > But at the 4th > above the open string, you basically lose the harmonic with > even a slight > deviation from pitch, at least on violin. Maybe on cello? > > -Lee >
A slight increase in finger pressure does enable a variation of pitch, although yes, it's far more difficult than at the octave! It's certainly possible to lower the D harmonic on the G string by around a third of a tone before it breaks into a multiphonic. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
