Scored For String Quartet. Commissioned by the New Arts String Quartet, first performed in Tokyo November 1996.
Quoting Tanaka: The title Metal Strings suggests speed metal rock music which I have been listening to a lot in recent years. I find an explosive energy in its music that people of today thirst for. Previously I have explored solid, speedy and metallic sound in pieces such as 'Wave Mechanics' (1994), 'Wave Mechanics II' (1994) and 'Metalic Crystal' (1994-95). This idea has been extended and developed in my string quartet, Metal Strings.
Score only edition, separate parts are also available on sale.
Metal Strings
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | Stryger Kvartet |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Partitur |
| Sideantal | 36 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Chester Music |
| Bidragydere | Tanaka, Karen (Artist) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| ISBN | 9780711975156 |