The viola and cello play quadruple stops (four notes at the same time). 9), third movementĪ very different effect is achieved in this Bartok example, in which the double stops are all octaves, adding weight and intensity rather than richness to the aggressive texture. It is worth checking with a string player if you are unsure how practical a passage may be.ĭvorak Quartet Op. Some double stops are very difficult to effect one after another – generally, changing the interval frequently makes it harder. In addition The intervals should not exceed an octave as a general rule. This is much more common in solo and chamber music than it is in orchestral music, in which the same effect can often be achieved using multiple players.ĭouble stopping (two notes at the same time) can be played in quite a sustained way as in the Dvorak example below, but it is quite technically challenging and you should not ask for passages that are too fast or leaping. String players can play several notes at the same time and composers often require them to in order to create richer textures. where the string is pulled so it slaps back on the fingerboard (beginning of second line) ordinary pizzicato but with wider range of dynamics than in earlier music.non-spread chords –achieved by plucking with several fingers at the same time (end).In this example from a Bartok string quartet the following techniques can be heard: As with many techniques the twentieth century saw much greater variety. Pizzicato is the technique of plucking the string with a finger rather than drawing the bow across the string.
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