10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORDATURA»
Discover the use of
scordatura in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scordatura and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi
It cannot be a coincidence that many of these were written especially for Vivaldi's
protégée Anna Giraud, whose range of roughly B 7 to E 7 2 would have
admirably suited such a key.38 Scordatura in some violin concertos provides
additional ...
Bella Brover-Lubovsky, 2008
2
All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary
The concave curve carved into the length of the fingerboard, providing enough
clearance for the strings not to buzz against the fingerboard. scordatura. (It.) Play
using a nonstandard tuning. Scordatura allows for new tone colors, fast passages
...
3
The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques
Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and ...
Patricia Strange, Allen Strange, 2003
4
The Courtly Consort Suite in German-speaking Europe, 1650-1706
1 585/90 uses a scordatura violin, and the same instrumental combination of
single scordatura violin, two violas and bass is used in four of the six Fischer
suites in CZ-KRa. One further CZ-KRa suite (A 782) also uses a scordatura violin,
but in ...
5
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
It is also worth notice that he appears to have been the first occasionally to modify
the usual way of tuning the instrument (see Scordatura). In two of his sonatas the
violin must be tuned thus : — and thus : — The following compositions of his ...
Sir George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, 1904
6
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
The normal tuning being as at (a), very striking effects in the key of E major, for
instance, may be produced by tuning the instrument as at The scordatura was
formerly (a) (b) often employed on the violin. (1) the tuning (c) is extremely
favourable ...
George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, 1918
7
The Composer's Guide to the Electric Guitar
Scordatura The open strings of the electric guitar can be easily retuned a variety
of ways. One common scordatura for the guitar is Drop D tuning, when the open
strings of the guitar are retuned to match the pitches in a D major chord. Another
...
8
Violin and Keyboard: From the seventeenth century to Mozart
Certainly, as we have pointed out, the indicated scordatura, and the "untranslated
," unaltered violin part, should be used in actual performance, so that the tonal
effect intended by Biber is preserved for the listener. The editor of the Denkmaler
...
9
The Violin: A Research and Information Guide
“The Violin Scordatura.” Musical Quarterly 24 (January 1938): 84–96. Chronicles
the rise of scordatura in the 17th century (as used in works by Heinrich Ignaz
Franz von Biber, Biagio Marini and others), its continued use in the 18th century ...
10
The Cambridge Guide to Orchestration
If its basic tuning is changed to A, then A, A1 and AM are playable on this string,
but not Ab.) Scordatura can also be used for microtonal intervals (see “
Microintervals” on page 220). The higher strings should not be tuned more than a
minor ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORDATURA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
scordatura is used in the context of the following news items.
Hannah Addario-Berry: The Joy of Difficulty
The program includes the Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, which is distinguished by his use of scordatura (non-standard tuning), and is generally regarded as the ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jul 15»
'From Russia with Love' on tap
2 and 3 will feature a special solo-cello program by festival cellist Hannah Addario-Berry, entitled “Scordatura.” For more information, including a complete ... «The Trinity Journal, Jul 15»
Scordatura: Paying Tribute to Kodály's "Wrong Notes"
She is celebrating the centennial of Zoltán Kodály's composition of Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, and the work's use of scordatura, tuning strings a semitone ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jul 15»
Gli Incogniti Musica en scordatura de J. Pachelbel H. IF. Biber Marcq …
Classique Gli Incogniti Musica en scordatura de J. Pachelbel, H. IF. Biber L_ensemble Gli Incogniti a l'ambition de transmettre une vision engagée et cohérente ... «Unidivers, Jul 15»
Dúo Peralta-Smith se presentará en Guadalajara
Después de sorprender al público duranguense con 'Scordatura', su primer material discográfico, el dúo Peralta-Smith busca repetir el éxito pero ahora en los ... «El Siglo Durango, Jun 15»
The Guitar as an Orchestra
I mean: we really pushed the envelope as far as possible: soft, loud, harmonics, scordatura. Most of it is with a rather standard scordatura with the E string to D. «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
La 'Scordatura' de Peralta y Smith
'Scordatura' reúne música original para dos guitarras, compuesta por Sergio Ramírez Cera Marco Aurelio Alvírez, Gabriel Briones, Jesús Delgado Hernández ... «El Siglo Durango, Mar 15»
Making music from natural resources
As in: "Viola in scordatura tuning, with IV string tuned down to a B♭. Tune it back up to a C before playing letter G." There were notes about playing "white noise ... «LA Observed, Mar 15»
The Skull Defekts
As soon as that discordant note jars during the opening bars of 'Mission' you know the score. And you know the scordatura. The drop D chord is for doom, the ... «The Quietus, Dec 14»
New York Philharmonic, Led by Jaap van Zweden
Mozart wrote the viola part in scordatura, meaning a tuning different from the norm. In the Concertante, he specified that the solo viola's strings should be tuned a ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
