Listen to Selections from the Quartet Project

A few selections from the Quartet Project have been recorded. You can also watch Youtube clips of

young quartets playing other pieces. Enjoy!

Audio Files

Circular song—A gentle modal tune. First violin uses third position. Other parts are in first position

throughout.

Order sheet music for Circular song

Widening circle—An expansion of the tune from “Circular song”. First violin uses third position. Other

parts are in first position throughout.

Order sheet music for Widening circle

Lazy afternoon—Graceful melody with some ties and changing meters. All parts remain in first

position throughout.

Little funk—Viola and cello share syncopated line. Pizzicato accompaniment for violins. Very little

shifting required.

Order sheet music for Little funk

Broken lines—Three different lines are divided among the four players: a brief melody, a pizzicato

bass line, and a scampering 16th note figure. The individual parts are straightforward (the cello part

requires 4th position); the trick is to make the hand-offs between parts seamless.

Listen to Broken lines (melody only)

Listen to Broken lines (16th notes only)

Listen to Broken lines (pizzicato only)

Download free sheet music for Broken lines

Sevens— Exuberance in 7/8 (the bar is always divided as 2+3+2). 3rd position for first violin; 4th

position for cello.

Launch—Changing meters, crunching accents, big melodies for first violin and viola. Requires shifting

in all parts.

Download free sheet music for Launch

Lullaby—A warm, sweeping tune in A major. Solos for all parts.

Download free sheet music for Lullaby

Video Links

AT THE MOMENT ALL WE HAVE IS THE ONE YOUTUBE CLIP OF COMPULSION. BUT WE CAN

SOON HAVE:

Chatter box

Forest waltz

Fiddle fragment

Dizzy mystic

Signs of struggle

Au courant

New Zealand group

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