What about as a harmonic pizz? (That b is a natural harmonic of the e
string.)

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Lee Actor <lee.ac...@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.
> > >
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