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Is This Playable on a Cello?


Noah Brode

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Hello. I'm writing a minimalist-inspired piece in which each of the instruments of the string quartet repeats a figure while passing through the harmonic progression. I'm pretty confident in the "playability" of the upper string parts. However, I'm wondering whether 1) it would be possible for an intermediate-level cellist to play this figure in a single stroke, and 2) whether it would be tiring for a cellist to repeat this figure over and over, bar by bar (among different chords) over the course of a 2- to 3-minute piece with minimal / no breaks. Example is in a PNG file, attached. Thanks!

 

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