Re: missing glissando features (bugs?)

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 5/20/09 9:20 AM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:04:30AM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>> 
>> I've played several orchestral pieces where the violin parts include
>> glissandi ranging over several strings.
>> Mahler Symphony no. 4 comes to my mind, for example. I'm still uncertain
>> on exactly how to play it, though, but perhaps the idea is that every
>> player does it somewhat differently and the collective effect is what
>> the composer is looking for.
> 
> Oh, come on!  There's no theoretical maximum frequency of a violin
> string[1].  Just start on the G string and slide up.  ;)
> 
> [1]  Assuming a perfectly elastic string, being excited by an
> infitesimally narrow bow, with perfectly-controlled bow speed,
> pressure, and position...
> 

Don't forget that the fingerboard also needs to reach all the way to the
bridge!

Carl