You know, it's not like there is only one way of playing a notated
rhythm, even a specifically notated one meant to be played
accurately. Written rhythms are in no way inherently less "musical"
than a roll -- unless the player in question has no rhythmic
authority and no emotional connection to rhythm.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 04 Sep 2007, at 9:30 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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