Extended Violin Techniques
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Detuning the Violin
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Detuning the violin is a very common technique but there are some risks to the violin so care should be taken. Wherever possi...
Prepared Violin
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Prepared instruments are instruments that have had their timbre changed by having various objects on or betwee...
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Percussive techniques
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As the body of the violin is hollow it does make a good percussive instrument. Tapping the body in various ways has become popular with co...
Nail Pizzicato
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Using the nail to pluck the string creates a sharper attack than when plucked with the pad of the finger. If the nail of th...
Subharmonics
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Crumb Black Angel (1970) Subharmonics and A.L.F’s are relatively new and not really understood...
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Harmonics
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Harmonic Glissando This can either be played as a natural harmonic glissando or a false harmonic glissando both resulting ...
Sul Ponticello – playing near the bridge
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Crumb Black Angel (1970) This technique can be used to create either a timberal effect or a pitched effect. Depending o...
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