Study for String Instrument #3 (for cello and video) Preparation: - 1st-3rd string dampened close to the bridge with a piece of cloth or with masking tape - 4th string tuned down about one octave - wooden side of bow prepared with 5-7 pieces of masking tape placed with irregular distances and widths, one being at exactly the middle of the bow Staging: - player sitting back against a screen or a white wall with the instrument barock-style, as vertical as possible, keeping the instrument as close as possible to the screen/wall - the video (preproduction with the same player) is being projected onto the player, live-size - the instrument should be amplified, sound level matching the recording (fx with a contact mic.) - the room should be completely dark, the only light should be from the projector - the video is recorded with a click track, the live version is played with a click track - the notestand used should be well below the bridge, pref. a bit to the side or enlarged on the floor - the piece could be played by other string instruments like a smaller strings or a guitar and the piece could be played as a duo with the second player sitting right behind the first player Bowing: - the bow is always played col legno from the very point till the screw(!) on the the 2nd and the 3rd string (bow so far to the point that the point slides down on the 4th string) - keep the bow perfectly horizontal and 90 degrees on the audience - if nothing else is written, the dynamics should be what comes naturally and relaxed
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Simon Steen-Andersen 2011
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