I'll also add that violinists (of which I am one) generally dislike playing pizz high up on the E string. Not only doesn't it sound good (zero resonance, and hard to even tell what the pitch is), but it's physically somewhat uncomfortable as well. Plucking a very taut, thin metal string hurts!
-Lee > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu]On Behalf > Of Robert Patterson > > Yeah, I found a (single) example in Bartok Music for String Perc > Celeste of > a C above that, but it is also doubled an octave lower (in the > context of a > full string section pizz chord). > > I would love to find others. > > R > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Lee Actor <lee.ac...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Ravel's Tzigane has 2 high A pizzes in the 1st violin part > around rehearsal > > 5. They're both doubled an octave lower; I doubt you could > even hear the > > pitch otherwise. > > > > Lee Actor > > Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic > > http://www.leeactor.com > > > > > > > I'm curious to know if the collected wisdom of this list knows of > > examples > > > in orchestral rep. of violin pizz. notes of b''' (5 leger line-b) > > > or higher. > > > Obviously, the closer to standard rep., the more likely I am > to have the > > > score and/or recording. > > > > > > I have googled references to Berlioz having written a'''. This > > > seems like a > > > question that Gardner Read's excellent "Thesaurus of > Orchestral Devices" > > > might answer, but it doesn't specifically address the question. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
