All Questions
7 questions
4
votes
0
answers
456
views
Hairpins in Late Classical and Romantic Music
I have spent a year and a half researching the notational enigma of hairpins in late classical and romantic music, and now I am at a bend in the road.
The esteemed Czerny claims that opening and ...
7
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Did Chopin use hairpins (adjacent crescendo and decrescendo) to indicate rubato rather than dynamics?
In her answer to Liszt's B minor sonata crescendo, user @Madeleine writes:
In many places in Chopin's music, he wrote hairpins ... to indicate rubato rather than a crescendo or decrescendo.
The ...
- 94.9k
2
votes
2
answers
531
views
Why do arpeggios tend to blend at quiet dynamics?
I notice this especially in the arpeggio passage of the Solfeggio in C minor. But when I am playing very fast arpeggios, the notes either stay separate or blend depending on the dynamic. At forte, ...
- 6,654
3
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Crescendo and accelerando throughout, how?
I hear this in most piano transcriptions and in all orchestras when I hear In the Hall of the Mountain King. It is as though Edvard Grieg wrote cresc. and accel. and pp and left it at that. I did hear ...
- 6,654
1
vote
1
answer
868
views
Does it matter where you put the tempo marking (piano)?
Does it matter where you put the tempo marking?
For example, above the treble staff, in between the treble staff and the bass staff or underneath the bass staff? I know that when you put a dynamic ...
- 13
4
votes
3
answers
499
views
How to be consistent in studio performance?
Every time I hear myself playing in a studio recording setup, I feel like my playing is inconsistent in terms of tempo and dynamics, regardless of the instrument (drums or guitar).
I know I can ...
- 205
4
votes
2
answers
157
views
countering the "softer = slower" problem?
My choir has a consistent tendency -- absent a metrenome or vigorous conducting -- to slow down for quieter dynamics (and then never regain the original pace). We have several individuals with good ...
- 1,942