"Series of pieces for scordatura violin (scordatura: the tuning of violin strings to non-standard pitches). A variety of effects is achieved by altering the tension of the strings and their harmonic ...

Violinist and composer Layale Chaker and ETHEL quartet.

His most notable work of all is the Danse Macabre (1874), a cornucopia of demonic delight, featuring a scordatura (unconventionally tuned) solo violin, a xylophone making bloodcurdling skeletal noises ...

The fifth suite also unusually requires scordatura tuning, bringing the top A-string down to G. Jean-Guihen looks upon the performances of Bach’s suites as a ‘grand operatic experience’. The inherent ...