Rx: Learn to play Nino Rota’s Divertimento Concertante, especially the harmonics
In the course of working on this piece during a masterclass in Bogota Columbia, Bradetich discusses the following topics:
- harmonics
- changing speed of bow between closed note melodic gestures and harmonic melodic gestures
- an exercise for playing closed notes and harmonic notes
- coordination and rhythms
- a way to sense if a new fingering might be better than a previously learned fingering
- angle of bow in harmonics