Peter Sculthorpe's Port Essington String Techniques & Variation Form One of the main differences between Peter Sculthorpe's compositions and that of other composers is that he uses a variety of string techniques to create different sounds throughout his music. He uses a mixture of string techniques in 'Port Essington' to represent the harsh Australian climate. He has created different notation to represent these new techniques. A list of the notation and how the sound …showed first 75 words of 586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 586 total…played below the theme from movement 1. Movement 5- The Settlers theme is slightly varied in the style Elgar. Again the theme is played through twice. In this movement everyone plays together (i.e. settlers and bush). Movement 6- Here the theme is closest to that borrowed from the aboriginals. It is played through three times. It is both the string techniques together with the variation form which combined create such a unique piece of music.