Composing Techniques | Writing for the String Quartet

Created for WeCompose, in this video Andy Smith introduces the instruments of the string quartet with help from the Consone Quartet. 00:00 Writing for the String Quartet 00:30 Meet the instruments in a String Quartet 07:21 Writing for a String Quartet 10:51 Dynamics in a String Quartet 11:33 Ways of playing String Instruments On screen prompts refer to this Glossary of Music Terms: https://musicintheround.co.uk/resources/glossary-of-music-terms/