George Simpson

sorry to open a new thread. I am also having this problem of notation. The quarter tone seems like a good idea to notate that it is slightly above or below a note, shame no one really confirmed whether this was ambiguous or not. My notation had the sounding pitch written in brackets as well, i'm considering writing that 8va, but for the player that doesn't immediately understand which harmonics link to others, I think i must use the quarter tones to distinguish it. I don't think they are that hard to play. It may be because i'm an electric guitarist (as well as cellist)who has encountered many songs using the 7th, its possibly more common than on cello. Where the bow is sometimes figures in stability, and you can also produce harmonics playing sul ponticelli without fingering any note if a player had some interest they'd likely try and practice things like this, its a lot easier that bach suites(if i can do it, when i can't play the suites)! but most don't have an interest simply!