| In the second movement, concertmaster Christopher Warren-Green's realization of the scordatura violin writing is chillingly compelling. |
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| In his instrumental music, he was renowned for his use of scordatura, or alternate string tunings. |
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| He was outstanding in the demonic scordatura solo – in which the violin is tuned a tone higher – in Mahler's fourth. |
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| The strings of a four-string cello are usually tuned in fifths, but scordatura tunings were used in the baroque era, and so tuning in fifths cannot be taken for granted. |
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| Most of the arias follow the vocal section with a ritornello scored for two to five strings, occasionally in scordatura tunings. |
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| The leader of the orchestra, David Greed, toggled between this scordatura instrument and his conventionally tuned violin and made a brilliant contribution to the performance. |
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