Grizwald Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I have a question about cello double stops... how able are cellist to play double stops of major/minor second intervals? i'm arranging a piano piece for 2 cellos and i want to write a B3/C#4 double stop and a D#4/E4 double stop, but i'm not sure of its feasibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gilbert Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Both are completely feasible, but the faster you approach and leave the double stops or depending on the way they are combined with other double stops, the more difficult it will be of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizwald Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 the tempo is 110... and they alternate between each other... its repetitive (moving from B3/C#4 to D#4/E4 and then back for 8 measures) with a dotted half/quarter/whole note figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne-scales Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 the tempo is 110... and they alternate between each other... its repetitive (moving from B3/C#4 to D#4/E4 and then back for 8 measures) with a dotted half/quarter/whole note figure Damn... if only they'd invented some kind of way to notate music and then post a .jpg of it on the internet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmiller Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 There is a book by Samuel Adler on orchestration. It's a fantastic book and it lists all Souble, Triple and Quadruple stops on all string instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizwald Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 ya i have that book, it doesn't list all of them though, it merely gives a set of examples... but its moot at this point since i arranged it without double stops... the double stops sounded out of place, it focused too more on the minor second dissonance than i wanted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon284 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Rather than start a new thread I thought I'd just ask my question here: The piece I'm writing has some very high and very long double stops on cello. On cello I've got one with Ab4 and G5 sustained for 6 beats at c = 52 followed by a switch to Ab4 and F5 for a further 7 beats. Then later on in the piece I have one on D#5 and F#5 sustained for four beats. I suspect this is impossible but I'd like to put it out there just in case. I'm having a bit of a hard time finding a suitable alternative to what I've written (It's a piano trio and the violin is occupied with other material) so I'm posting this on the off chance I can just leave it as it is. Thanks, Spoon 284. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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