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 Re: Why the Bartok Contrasts Calls for Two Violins
Author: mrn 
Date:   2011-05-23 03:39

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I've always read that Bartok called for the second instrument because he wanted the sound of open strings for the tritones.

That's what the little zeros on the violin part in the score mean--play on open strings. You could play those notes on a conventionally-tuned violin, but it wouldn't sound the same.

Besides the difference in sound between open strings and fingered notes, there is the issue of WHICH strings the notes would be played on (which is a big deal, because the different strings have noticeably different tone qualities). If Bartok hadn't written it scordatura, the violinist would have to play the higher tritone (the A & Eb) on the two middle strings of the violin, which would have taken away much of its "bite."

Not to mention that it wouldn't sound like an out of tune fiddle any more.....
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