Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a set of seven short quartet movements. I asked a quartet of players of Grade 6/7 to play through them for me. The titles are descriptive, intending to catch the imagination of the young players. This works well for some movements, eg Festive Fanfare and Waltz of the Skeletons… There are performance suggestions printed under the titles of each movement in the score. These are aimed to help the performers themselves, rather than the teacher who would be coaching players of this level. The individual parts are full of extra instructions. such as 'leave bow on string during rests’, ‘pizz next', 'the rhythm is different here’ etc…. Musically the movements are varied. Festive Fanfare and Video Diaries (also with a 5/8 movement) have slurred string crossings and pizzicato. Victorian Seaside Holiday includes time changes, tied notes, and pizzicato. Waltz of the Skeletons is fun: col legno, mutes, harmonics. Technically the parts are well matched with lots of interest for the viola/violin 3.
European String Teachers Association, Winter 1999
Table of ContentsFestive Fanfare; Video diary; The old tyre and some rope make an excellent swing; Before breakfast, we jog ‘marathons’ around the garden; Our cousins show us how to skim stones across water so they bounce and bounce; Victorian Seaside Holiday; Waltz of the Skeletons; Sing it ’n’ swing it
