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What New Techniques are Found in Fractured Strings?

Updated over 2 months ago

DECLAMATORY SHORTS 1 / 2 / 3:

A selection of short performances using the following articulations:

  1. 4 x Normale

  2. 2 Normale, 1 Sul Pont, 1 Harmonic

  3. 3 Sul Pont, 1 Harmonic

STATEMENTS UP / DOWN

Statements Same Note are short phrases which resolve to the same note they started with.

Statements Up / Down (x7) are seven short articulations, moving from the centre (played) note as follows:

  • (MIN 2ND)

  • (MAJ 2ND)

  • (MIN 3RD)

  • (MAJ 3RD)

  • (PERF 4TH)

  • (AUG 4TH)

  • (PERF 5TH)

SPLINTERS UP / DOWN

Natural harmonics played with up and down variations:

  • (MAJ 2ND (UP ONLY)

  • (MIN 3RD)

  • (MAJ 3RD)

  • (PERF 4TH)

  • (PERF 5TH)

7TH REACHES

Three Articulations, reaching from root to 7th, with a passing note.

  • (MAJ)

  • (MIN)

  • (DOM)

PIZZ STRUMS

Three note chords played as Pizzicato extending upwards in 4ths from the played note.

  • (4THS)

  • (5THS)

ROTATIONS UP / DOWN

Seven slow trill articulations, extending up from the centre (played) note, tempo synced to 120 bpm.

  • (MIN 2ND)

  • (MAJ 2ND)

  • (MIN 3RD)

  • (MAJ 3RD)

  • (PERF 4TH)

  • (AUG 4TH)

  • (PERF 5TH)

DISPERSALS

Loose ‘aleatoric’ trills with varying speed.

  • (MIN 2ND)

  • (MAJ 2ND)

  • (MIN 3RD)

  • (MAJ 3RD)

  • (PERF 4TH)

  • (AUG 4TH)

  • (PERF 5TH)

ARPS

Solo instruments only covering a wide range of chords - tempo synced to 120bpm

  • (MAJ)

  • (MAJ WIDE)

  • (MAJ 7TH)

  • (MIN)

  • (MIN WIDE)

  • (MIN 7TH)

  • (MIN MAJ 7TH)

  • (ARP 4THS)

  • (ARP 5THS)

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