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  • Paganini-Arpeggios

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    P
    Guy, I noticed you did the above with App II strings. The fast Arpeggios - what particular string patches did you use for those please? I have a piece of music at the moment that requires fast movement a la Hoedown by Copland for instance and cannot find the right articulations.
  • H
    H

    These are arpeggio patches, that means real recorded arpeggios in all major and minor keys.

    best

    Herb
  • P
    P
    Ahh - I see Herb. So what could I use to get that sound?- Even if I had the arpeggios, I would not be able to use them in this piece. So I need a substitute articulation(s) in other words.
  • H
    H

    Sorry, don't know Hoedown. But generally arpeggios are very tricky to simulate.

    Maybe a combination of different articulations, for the lower strings short single notes which do have some resonance, for the higher strings a legato patch. However, I think you have to switch permanently between different patches.

    best

    Herb
  • P
    P
    Yes the type of string playing I am after seems to be difficult with my fairly limited First Ed articulations.

    I can't find a decent orchestral version of this on youtube Herb - but if you look at Emerson's right hand playing here, you can see what I want. Substitute that for strings.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0FuFfcCZiE


    Also, with the VI system - do you get more than stac 1 and stac 2 as in the First Ed?
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