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Scan 154
Musical instruments, 1925
10 lines. Read by computer on 21 September 2026. Printed page 140. See the scan on archive.org.
1The highest tone producible in the third position is the next d in the ascending scale.
3(The notes indicate the highest tones in the various positions)
5The fourth and fifth positions enable the player to reach the e and f above, while the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth positions make it possible for him to attain the still higher g, a, b, and c. Beethoven was evidently the first to demand this c in his Egmont Overture. The culminating chord in the Tannhäuser Overture required the e above (eleventh position) and since the appearance of that work Wagner and later writers have demanded still higher tones.
7DOUBLE STOPS
9Combinations of two tones are of course easier when one of them is produced on an "open" string, but all major and minor sixths are quite feasible. Chords of three and four tones, or triple and quadruple stops are also valuable tone combinations at the disposal of the composer. Owing to the convexity of the bridge it is obvious that the bow can come in contact with only two strings at once, but when the performer gives a firm sweeping movement across the strings, the bow can arpeggiate, so to speak, chords of three or four tones. An orchestral group, playing
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