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LEGEND!

STRING$AND$BOWING$INDICATIONS$ Strings!are!specified!in!two!ways:!

SCORDATURA$ Violin!1!

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!!!!Viola!!!!

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Cello!

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!!O!over!notes!that!are!not!harmonics!or!passages!that!include!nonOharmonic!notes! !

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698.5!Hz!!(698)!

!!631.3!Hz!!(631)!

!!!501.1!Hz!!(501)!

233.1!Hz!!(233)!

459.5!Hz!!(460)!

!!409.4!Hz!!(409)!

!!!293.7!Hz!!(294)!

138.6!Hz!!(139)!

311.1!Hz!!(312)!

!!285.3!Hz!!(285)!

!!!207.7!Hz!!(208)!

98!Hz!!

198.9!Hz!!(199)!

!!164.8!Hz!!(165)!

!!!136.6!Hz!!(137)!

55!Hz!

(frequencies$listed$top$to$bottom,$according$to$the$diagrams)$

Using!a!tuner!with!fine!frequency!recognition!capabilities!is!preferred.!!!Maximum!possible!precision!in! tuning!is!advised,!although!pitches!higher!than!C3!may!be!allowed!with!a!+/O!3Hz!!fluctuation.!

Starting!with!rehearsal!letter!J!pitch!becomes!gradually!obscured,!and!as!strings!gradually!grow!out!of! tune!the!coda!(starting!at!rehearsal!letter!O)!is!to!be!tuned!by!ear,!especially!the!conclusive!1st!violin! solo.! !

INTONATION$AND$HARMONICS$ All!harmonics!used!in!the!piece!are!natural!to!aid!precision!of!intonation,!with!their!specific!string! indicated!by!the!small!solid!noteheads!in!parentheses.! !

Resulting!pitch!is!indicated!in!the!smaller,!top!line!of!each!instrument’s!double!staff!notation.!!Fingered! pitch!is!notated!in!the!larger,!bottom!line,!along!with!all!phrasing,!bowing,!articulation,!expressive,! technical,!stylistic,!nuance,!and!dynamic!markings.!

Due!to!a!large!vocabulary!of!accidentals,!double!sharp,!double!flat,!3/4Otone!sharp,!3/4Otone!flat,!5/8O tone!sharp,!5/8Otone!flat,!7/8Otone!sharp,!and!7/8Otone!flat!accidentals!do!not!occur,!to!achieve! maximum!conciseness!and!clarity.!!Accidentals!are!broken!down!according!to!the!following!system:! !

O!1/2Otone!sharp!

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O!1/2Otone!flat!

O!1/4Otone!sharp!

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O!1/4Otone!flat!

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O!3/8Otone!sharp!

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O!3/8Otone!flat!

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O!1/8Otone!sharp!

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O!1/8Otone!flat!!!

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!!O!base!notes!of!natural!harmonics!or!multiphonics!

Traditional!Roman!numeral!string!indications!are!substituted!with!Arabic!numerals!to!achieve!greater! positional!precision!with!bracket!extensions!for!further!clarity.!

Bow!position!in!relation!to!the!bridge!is!always!indicated!below!the!staff!with!the!following!signs:!

O O O

sul!tasto! sul!ponticello! ordinario!

O!indicates!a!gradual!transition!from!one!bowing!style!to!another!

“semi$c.l.$tratto”$–!bowing!with!half!hair/half!wood!(always!placed!above!the!staff)! !

MULTIPHONICS! Multiphonics!generally!occur!at!the!approximate!5/8Otone!sharp!(3/8Otone!flat)!fingered!pitch!position! with!halfOpressed!left!hand!fingering!and!greater!bow!pressure!in!“sul!ponticello”!position.!!They!can! produce!a!variety!of!spectra,!depending!on!the!strings/pitches!combined.!

A!multiphonic!in!the!fingered!pitch!staff!is!notated!as!a!regular!natural!harmonic,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with!fully!pressed!pitch!being!the!smaller!note!in!parentheses!and!the!harmonic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! being!the!semiOpressed!note/position.!

A!multiphonic!in!the!sounding!pitch!staff!is!notated!with!square!noteheads,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with!the!lower!pitch!being!the!fundamental!and!the!higher!pitch!being!the!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! most!prominent!resulting!overtone!partial.!! !

ACCENTS$AND$MISCELLANEOUS$$ sfz (or!any!of!its!gradations)!–!a!very!sharp!explosion!in!volume!with!an!almost!immediate!drop.! >!!O!a!heavy!lean!on!a!note,!but!less!sudden!than!a!sfz and!more!sustained.!

When!a!string!crossing!occurs!in!the!middle!of!a!fast!running!passage,!the!player!should!not!stop!the! sound!by!lifting!the!bow,!but!quickly!play!through!the!passing!string,!making!the!least!amount!of!pitch! possible.!!Quasi!glissando/brief!careless!scratch!tone!is!optimal.!

Dynamics!are!relative!and!express!the!optimal!balance!of!the!four!parts!within!the!texture.!

From!rehearsal!letter!O!until!the!end,!vibrato!should!return!to!normal.!