Hi Richard,
There are many (maybe most) circumstances in which I would opt for
your way of leaving things to the instrumentalist, and I often do.
In this instance, the "roll" is part of the forward motion of the
piece, and I want the rhythm I want.
Chuck
On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Richard Huggins wrote:
On Sep 3, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
It seems ridiculously picky to notate the value of each note
using voices, or layers, and I may be being overly picky even with
this notation. How is this done in piano music.
No one addressed this part of your question, but as for me--a
pianist of 50+ years--I'd say you are indeed being mighty picky. If
you want certain, specific rhythms, seems to me you find a place
for them within the beat structure of the measures involved. And
then you'll get those "certain, specific rhythms."
What you won't get, though, is the musicality of a roll. An
artistic pianist can do those in a way that would almost defy
capturing them in notation but which would be musical. That's why
there's a need for that rolled-chord symbol in the first place.
I guess I don't get what it is you're after that beats the
randomness, but artistic randomness, of a rolled chord as played by
the pianist.
--Richard
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