On February 21, 2002 13:56, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > Again, an artificial harmonic is one made by stopping a note > with the left hand and touching the string at the center > of the vibrating portion when playing it. Since the pitch obtained > is raised one octave, 8va notation gives the correct pitch, and there > is no reason to use a diamond shaped note.
Not true for violin, viola, and cello. Most artificial harmonics (for those instruments) are created by stopping a note and then touching the string a fourth or a fifth above the stopped note. For example, if the bottom finger holds down an e and the higher finger touches a fifth above it, you get an e''. Using this method, you can get a harmonic sound on any arbitrary note; you can play scales, melodies, whatever. Check out Shostakovich Piano Trio #1 (first movement); it begins with a long cello solo all in artifial harmonics. > In music for guitar, a fret number is often given with the diamond > shaped note. With non=fretted stringed instruments, a small note on > the same stem is supposed to give the true pitch. It looks as though "artificial harmonics" means something different for guitars. I don't know if the cello-artificial harmonics are possible to do on a guitar; if not, that would explain the difference. :) - Graham Percival, cello teacher. _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
