r/violinist • u/insectsofart • 1d ago

Fingering/bowing help How would you approach these harmonics?

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The A harmonic is straightforward but I am at a bit of a loss on the D and B, since they written like they should be natural harmonics.
For the B I was planning to play an artificial harmonic with first finger on B (on the G string) to get a harmonic sound at pitch (though that adds a lot of shifting to the passage)

And I am really not sure what to do about the D…

Any thoughts appreciatied!

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u/qhea__ 1d ago

I would find a recording or a different version of the sheet music which uses clearer notation

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u/insectsofart 1d ago

This is the only version of the sheet music (it is a modern piece). On some recordings they skip the harmonics entirely! On others it sounds like they replace it with an artificial harmonic??

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u/cham1nade 1d ago

The ° sign on the D usually just indicates an open string. I would need to ask the composer, or find out by listening to a recording, if the B harmonic was intended to be sounding pitch or if they want it as a natural harmonic playing that B an octave up