GENERAL - WRITING FOR STRINGS (Solo Violin & String Quartet)

Tom Pankhurst’s String Guide

https://alevelmusic.com/alevelcompositionhelp/4-texture-and-sonority/1-string-writing-introduction/

String Range Chart

https://alevelmusic.com/alevelcompositionhelp/composing-help/strings/

String Quartet Textures

https://alevelmusic.com/alevelcompositionhelp/writing-and-developing-a-simple-classical-theme/stage-4-texture/string-quartet-textures/

Woodwind Ranges

https://alevelmusic.com/alevelcompositionhelp/composing-help/woodwind/

General Instrumental Ranges (and other information)

https://alevelmusic.com/alevelcompositionhelp/composing-help/

SOLO VIOLIN EXAMPLES

J.S. Bach Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin - the Mt. Everest of solo violin, close to two hours long, here peformed here by Arthur Grumieux

Bela Bartok - Solo Violin Sonata - mid-twentieth century masterwork for solo violin

Duke Ellington - Jazz Violin Sessions - not solo works, but a good resource for a wealth of fantastic violin playing and writing

Sage Snider – solo violin - Sage Snider is a young Nashville practitioner of traditional fiddling, taking from various genres which feature solo violin - Appalachiana, blue-grass, c-&-w, as well as her own compositions (go to videos - solo)

STRING QUARTET EXAMPLES

CLASSICAL & 20th CENTURY

Franz Schubert - Death & The Maiden Quartet

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet

Bela Bartok - String Quartet #5

PRESENT DAY

Kronos Quartet, Early Music - an amazing compendium of old and new music for string quartet

Evan Ziporyn, Be-in (w/bass clarinet)

Garden (from Qi) - recording score

Christine Southworth, Honey Flyers (3 movements for string quartet), performed by the Calder Quartet