String techniques:

Write the definitions: Vibrato, Pizzicato, Multiple Stops and Dynamics.

Writing String Quartet in the Classical Style:

Task 1:

Read and make analysis: pp.212-214 (start listening from 4.34 min)

String Quartet Heinemann 

Task 2:Read and make analysis pp.214-220 String Quartet Heinemann  (start listening from 8.48 min)

Task 3:

Listen to bars 1-16 and bars 92-100

These two extracts are taken from Beethoven`s early quartets and illustrate his characteristic development method of introducing a small motif unobtrusively un an opening which becomes the central core in the subsequent development section.

Complete 16 bars. Look at different textures of String ensemble, pick 2-3 examples  for your composition. Ensure you finish every 8 bars with a cadence.

String Quartet_Textures

Additional material: A level composition book

String Quartet exercises: String Quartet exercises