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Hello I would love to hear about mjn string quartet au!
why yes! thank you for asking! š
lmao this took soooo long my sincere apologies for the wait!
the basics:
so mjn is a string quartet (which is what it says on the tin so idk why this is a whole bullet point)
martin = violin I, douglas = violin II, arthur = violist, carolyn = cellist
herc is a violinist and pianist, the latter for trios and stuff
theresa is a pianist and books them to play at an investiture ceremony
they basically go around playing for peopleās weddings and as ambient music for other events (mr birling demands ambient music every year or something like that i havenāt thought that out)
okay now for some āØdetailsāØ
martin and douglas as violinists are the easiest translations from charter airline to string quartet bc they play the same instrument.
the chaos comes from martin being tasked to lead, but being awful at it
āmartin, for heavenās sakeāgive a clearer signal or donāt give one at all!ā -carolyn, probably
user maia artxmis i know you were in a quartet with me once where i was violin I and i didnāt know how to lead....iām so sorry....nearer my god to thee DO NOT INTERACT !!!
to martinās credit he is very diligent. he knows his parts pretty well, and his melodic interpretation isnāt bad, itās just that he could be better at. a lot of stuff
douglas is very good at supporting a melody but he is even better at playing the melody, to martinās general chagrin
but douglas makes a very good second violinist in that he works well with the lower instruments (i mean lower like range not in any hierarchical sense)
he knows how to defer and he is good at it. martin....meh.
also i was a second violinist for my stint as an ensemble musician so i May be biased... š¤
arthur is a violist
lil rant: i absolutely love violas and i donāt get why people make fun of them or the people who play them !! the viola is a beautiful instrument and in a different life i would have chosen it! also my violin teacher plays the viola and sheās a literal genius and sheās one of my favorite people on this green planet and i would Die For Her !! so keep the viola jokes off my tl !! š¤
arthur: āitās like a cello and a violin, but mixed together. itās got a C string, like a cello, but you can put it on your shoulder like a violin! and furthermore, i donāt have to buy an extra seat for it like Mum does whenever we go travelāā
carolyn: āthank you arthur, thatāll do...ā
arthur unironically sees the viola, and alto clef for that matter, as a ābest of both worldsā/āhappy mediumā type deal
nobody else quite understands why arthur thinks this way, especially about alto clef, but he is quite good at the viola so ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
carolyn is a cellist. this is because she believes in bass clef supremacy.
also the cello is a beautiful instrument and in a different life i would have chosen it so this is kind of self indulgence too
literally what am i talking about? this whole au is the peak of self indulgence.....
carolyn also has played the double bass, not so much nowadays because she cannot fit it into her car
but if a chamber piece calls for it (and i am looking straight at the trout quintet for this) she will play it and she will look absolutely badass while playing it
iām talking this level of cool. look closely at how the bassist on the left interacts with the celli. and how they all look at each other but i digress so natural! so fluid! i swoon! i first saw this recording in like. 2017 or something. i havenāt recovered
honestly though that video^ gives me so much serotonin i wanna play in an ensemble again :(((((( also someone i wonāt name kinda threw shade at that recording once bc itās not what youād expect from a string ensemble and i was Ready To Fight
so yeah, there ya have it, how mjn would be as a string quartet in my head! >.< hope u like it !!
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