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Nicholas Peters

(student ID: 0622483)

Scattered Polaroids

For String Quartet (2007)

Scattered Polaroids

A composition as part of a portfolio submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

By

Nicholas Rayfield Peters

School of Arts, Brunel University

September 2009

Performance Notes Duration: c.8 minutes

arco with the bow arco flautando light bow pressure to achieve a hollow sound (with the pitch barely audible) pizz pluck the string in the conventional manner normale arco or pizzicato on the normal position of the strings in the conventional manner sul pont. very near the bridge sul tasto on the fingerboard non vib. no vibrato.

Wide, fast and uneven vibrato (without this indication play non vib.)

snap pizzicato continuous transition (from one state to another) A black triangle notehead indicates a deformed tone produced by slightly increased bow pressure. A slight scratching quality should be achieved to the sound with the pitch still slightly audible. This applies to all of the parts for the whole of the piece. Except for the violin 2 and viola parts from bar 207 till the end when the sound

should be produced with extreme bow pressure where pitch is barely audible. A diamond notehead indicates that ‘flautando fingering’ should be used to produce a wispy sound. This is only used in the violin 1 and violoncello parts from bar 195 to the end of the piece.

Nicholas Peters, November 2007

Programme Text Scattered Polaroids is primarily concerned with exploring in sound the idea of reflection, essentially the mirroring of material in separate pitch bands to create a pitch void in between the two.

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q = 92 with urgency, wooden (should sound fast)

©Nicholas Peters 2007

Scattered PolaroidsNicholas Peters

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