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INSTRUMENTS
AND THEIR
TECHNIQUES
• 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:
– Arco
– Double Stopping
ARCO +
DOUBLE
STOPPING
• 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 major
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdY
GmPH9fcs
DEFINITIONS
• 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.
PIANO MUSIC
• In the classical period the
Pianoforte (or piano)
became a popular
keyboard instrument.
• The Piano comes in
several different sizes.
There is…
THE GRAND
PIANO
THE LARGEST
THE BABY
GRAND PIANO
THE MEDIUM
SIZED
THE UPRIGHT
PIANO
THE
SMALLEST
SIZED
THE GRAND
PIANO
• Look what happens when a £45,000
grand piano falls off back of a lorry
HERE’S WHAT
HAPPENED
ALBERTI BASS
• 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
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNE_I
fFNZE