Performance notes
Playing directly on the strings
two zones: RH
f
RH = right hand LH = left hand
dampers
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f
LH
beating the string with the palm
ÿ
…
beating the string with the fist
beating the string with the fingernails
A
+
scraping with the nails
B
scrape all the strings between the pitches A and B
scrape along a single string
damp the string without articulating a sound
fingernail scratch along a single low string:
very slow
fast
(do not change the direction of the scratch, if possible)
fingering with the fingernail on the low strings
resulting sound of this action: strongly metallic and vibrating
execute a ‘lateral’ pizz on the low A string
leave momentarily push the B b string to the point of touching the A string (still in strong vibration)
º
±±±±±
keep the string damped for all the indicated duration
(bars 17, 19–20, 24–25,28–30, 36–38, 46–47, 194–196)
ÀR