We have already looked at blowing bowing and striking We will now look at two concepts Arco Double Stopping Instruments and their techniques Arco is simply the Italian term for playing a stringed instrument using the bow ID: 572057
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Lots of composers use instruments to play in various different ways.We have already looked at blowing, bowing, and striking. We will now look at two concepts:ArcoDouble Stopping
Instruments and their techniquesSlide2
Arco is simply the Italian term for playing a stringed instrument using the bow. Double stopping is when the stringed player plays two strings at the same time
We can see these in this example of a violin concerto.
This is Beethoven's Violin Concerto in the key of D majorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdYGmPH9fcs
Arco + Double stoppingSlide3
Arco – Instruction given to string players to use a bow. This term might be given to players after a passage using pizzicato. Double stopping
– This technique is achieved on bowed string instruments by bowing across more than one string at the same time, thus producing more than one note.
DefinitionsSlide4
In the classical period the Pianoforte (or piano) became a popular keyboard instrument.The Piano comes in several different sizes. There is…Piano musicSlide5
The Grand pianoThe largestSlide6
The Baby Grand pianoThe Medium sizedSlide7
The upright pianoThe smallest sizedSlide8
Look what happens when a £45,000 grand piano falls off back of a lorryThe Grand pianoSlide9
Here’s what happenedSlide10
Alberti bass – Broken chords played by the left hand outlining harmonies whilst the right hand plays the melody. Classical composers such as Haydn and Mozart used this technique extensively in their piano music
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNE_IfFNZE
Alberti Bass