String Quartet 2

William Pearson Summer 2012

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E Each page shoul ld be approxima ately 30 seconds long, though in nterpretive chang ges in tempo ar re not discourag ged. P Players should slightly loosen th he bow-hairs on their t bow. X Noteheads alw ways indicate a muting m grip with the left hand, which w should elim minate or greatly y diminish pitched sounds. B Bowing informa ation is written ab bove the staff. Moveme ent from molto sul s tasto to molto to sul pont is sho own graphically. The thickness of the bow wing lines indica ates the amount of hair (not pres ssure) on the str ring. Fractions indicate how much m of the bow w will be used for r that specific no ote. T This marking , seen firs st on page 16, in ndicates that the fingers f of the lef ft hand should b be smoothly rolled upwards, tou uching each o other, with no th hought to specifi ic pitch. T This marking , seen first t on page 16, ind dicates circular bowing. b

T This marking

, seen firs st on page 17, in ndicates a (pitchle ess) scraping of the bow back an nd forth parallel l to the indicated d strings.

T This marking

, seen first on n page 22, indicates a short (pitc chless) glissando o on the indicate ed strings, with th he indicated bow w direction.

V Vocalizing, seen n first on page 36 6, is indicated wi ith diamond not teheads. Each pla ayers vocal line is i written below their instrumen ntal line. Vowel so ounds are written n below each vo ocal line.

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