Certain Violin Technique
Hey. I was just wondering: does anyone know what kind of violin technique this is? It sounds like a glissando, but the notes aren't connected. It's more like a pitch-bend, and it's playable on string instruments. It makes a really eerie noise. Here's a link from A Knife in the Dark from The Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Pay special attention to the violins in about measure 6 (4/4 time). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIVs_F2kMo
Let me know what you think it is.
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I don't know much about strings. But sounds like a glissando up with the bow rapidly switching between up and down strokes to re-articulate while sliding, but deliberately not caring about trying to re-articulate at any points of a standard western scale. Since the string gets re-articulated at arbitrary points, it sounds dissonant, hence the erie sound. I don't know the correct term to distinguish this from any other glissando.
I'm curious to learn what this is called too.
In reply to I don't know much about… by ericfontainejazz
and in addition sounds like two groups of strings, one group starting on D, and one group starting higher on A. And they don't seem to slide in sync with eachother, so that probably helps with the erie sound.
Glissando with Tremolo.
Check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjPAqmnvGA
to see gliss-tremolo at
0:45
and
2:13
A gliss/slide on a fretless string does not have the discrete pitches of a fretted string. Hence it does sound more like a pitch-bend.
Have a listen to this attachment.
Gliss_tremolo.mscz
Regards.
In reply to Check out:… by Jm6stringer
See also #127341: Add Glissando playback style portamento
Alright, thanks guys! I've been inquiring about this for a long time now, and its finally answered. So, it's a glissando with a tremolo then? Wow. Howard Shore uses some pretty weird things in his music. XD