Martellé vs. Marcato - how???

[tys]

OK. Tomorrow's the deadline for my string quintet piece, so I really need some help here.

Certain passages I want the performers to play accented/marcato, but in the more extreme passages I'd like to get the Martellé-effect (where they hammer).

Should I notate Martellé over these notes, or just differentiate between > as a normal marcato and the reversed v as Martellé?

(or would it be the other way around?)

Could I eventually combine the two, so I get an accented marcato = martellé?

[tys]

I've uploaded the "experiment" on http://www.mmmusic.dk/FrPhrPhrThr.pdf (http://www.mmmusic.dk/FrPhrPhrThr.pdf)

Please a response on whether it's understandable.

Mathias

[guy theaker]

Not sure I understand. Marcato just means 'marked' or 'accented'. Martelle is a type of bow stroke - it's fast, but 'on the string', with an audible 'click' at the start. When you say 'hammer', do you mean an aggressive attack where the bow comes off the string between strokes?

Give me some bar numbers, and part names please, and I may be able to help.

[tys]

For instance bar 25 and ff.

[tys]

I just came across this website - VERY explanatory: http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory21.htm (http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory21.htm)

I'm going to use the reversed v + - (so it will be played martellé with some length)

Mathias

[Bessinnox]

thank you for the link , very nice:)

[tys]

thank you for the link , very nice:)

Yeah, it's very explanatory - especially with the graphic figures. And btw, the string player DID understand it hehe :).