I have every reason to believe that the performer of this piece will
understand exactly what my notation means. It would be possible to
say - "Please make this roll rhythmically meaningful. Have it imply
clearly the rhythmic arrival of the down beat on the top note." Easy
enough, if you are going to be there, and the player is experienced
in the things you want. Otherwise we are stuck with the inadequacies
of notation, none of which ever completely expresses what's in a
played (or spoken) language.
Chuck
On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:14 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I would hope not -- the "measured roll" Chuck is talking about is
ubiquitous in the contemporary piano literature. If someone's first
reaction on encountering a sixteenth tuplet roll is "huh?", they
are probably not the kind of piano player Chuck wants playing his
music in the first place.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 05 Sep 2007, at 12:32 AM, Richard Huggins wrote:
Certainly you're right about the possibility of artistic
expression of defined rhythms. We'd be in trouble if not. Even if
this guy figures out how to do what he wants, I wonder what the
pianist will do when he or she gets to that spot. "Huh?" comes to
mind.
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