My fifth string quartet is based on the “trowie tunes” of the Shetland Islands. I set them diatonically, embellishing them with scordatura, hocketing, harmonics, and other techniques. According to tradition, these tunes are to be played only once, out of respect for the trowies; the quartet is therefore brief.
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1 name String Quartets // Jan 4, 2018 at 7:18 am
[…] 5: TROWIE TUNES. Harmonizations of five “trowie tunes” from the Shetland Islands. […]