douggibson
New Member
This is an old piece of mine. I changed the tuning of the string quintet.
The Cello and Viola are C-G-C-G, and Violins are G-C-G-C
Bass - E - A- C - G
It took some begging, but once the string players played it, they liked it.
For notation, you have to treat each string like a transposing instrument. So the players need to see what is played.
That means - for example - if I have a G that I want played as open A string, I have to write A. It's tricky... and takes a lot of work. But I was very happy with the results at the time.
The Cello and Viola are C-G-C-G, and Violins are G-C-G-C
Bass - E - A- C - G
It took some begging, but once the string players played it, they liked it.
For notation, you have to treat each string like a transposing instrument. So the players need to see what is played.
That means - for example - if I have a G that I want played as open A string, I have to write A. It's tricky... and takes a lot of work. But I was very happy with the results at the time.
