At 7:11 AM -0500 5/14/11, Robert Patterson wrote:
Context being key was why I was looking for examples in rep. BTW I found
that very B in La Valse in the bar before reh. number 66. (But it also looks
like an arco indication may be missing 4 before 66.)
I had a friend of mine do it for me yesterd
Context being key was why I was looking for examples in rep. BTW I found
that very B in La Valse in the bar before reh. number 66. (But it also looks
like an arco indication may be missing 4 before 66.)
I had a friend of mine do it for me yesterday. It didn't seem to be a
problem. Obviously it's a
At 10:30 AM -0500 5/13/11, Robert Patterson wrote:
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 recordin
Pizz on that B harmonic is nearly inaudible even to the violinist, so I
would definitely file that idea under "impractical". You can write the
normal pizz on the high B, and assuming you have an entire violin section
playing forte, you will get something. It's hard to say how effective it
will be
At 10:17 PM -0500 5/13/11, Robert Patterson wrote:
What about as a harmonic pizz? (That b is a natural harmonic of the e
string.)
Interesting question, but I'd have to try it to see. My first
reaction is that it would be VERY difficult to play, because the
plucking finger would tend to dampe
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 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 ha
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!
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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 wrote:
> Ravel's Tzigane has 2 high
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
