Messer Engel Atem Kling (2011) or string trio Martin Grütter Dauer: ca. Minuten Autragswerk der Fondazione Donizetti / Bergamo Musica Festival
Annotations Listen to Turtle Island String Quartet. Listen to Kronos Quartet. I even created a playlist or you guys: www.martingruetter.de/stu/messer Rock articulations. When you see a sign like that: A1., A2., A., A4., it means: play one o the ollowing "rock articulations". These are imitations o rock band instruments on strings. You'll ind all the techniques demonstrated in two tiny videos called "How to play rock viola". These are in your YouTube-playlist aswell. The techniques are in detail: Articulation 1. A1. Next to the bridge, hard attacks, ull pressure, lower hal o the bow, very thick, dense, intense tone. Should sound like a heavily distorted electric guitar. C. "How to play rock viola pt 1", 0'14 0'24 and 0'40 1'1 Articulation 2. A2. Let hand: Don't press ingers completely down. Bow: ull pressure, change between tasto, ordinario and sul as indicated in the score: t tasto o ordinario p ponticello px extreme ponticello Should sound like an overdriven melody guitar. C. "How to play rock viola pt II" Articulation. A. Less pressure, upper hal o the bow, throw bow on the strings so that it bounces back. Play ast notes as ricochet. Should sound like a lighter, lesser distorted rhythm guitar. C. "How to play rock viola pt I", 0'24 0'8 and 2'0 2'7, ricochet: 2'7 2'0 Articulation 4. A4. Damp the upper strings with your let hand. Play next to the bridge, with very high pressure. Should sound very high, distorted, without deinite pitch. C. "How to play rock viola pt I", 1'1 1'40
Normal Articulation. A No rock articulation any more. Play articulation as indicated in the score. Grey notes. Whenever you encounter grey notes in the score: Imagine to be in a rehearsal and to interrupt in the middle o a piece. Some players continue to play "on their own", practising certain passages, playing simple melodies or un etc. These are the grey notes. Play exactly the notated rhythm, but change your attitude: play more casual, less intense, with little pressure i you have to play open strings pizz., you can (i you like) take your instrument rom your shoulder, hold it like a guitar, or hold it upright with its bottom in your leap Violin, viola. I (i!) you like, i (i!) you eel comortable with it, i (i!) it its into the concert situation: play standing (c. Turtle-Island-String-Quartet-Video: Gypsy Eyes, in your playlist).
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