I just go insane and play straight eighths in these situations - on AND off the beat, and I don't care WHO gives me dirty looks. It ALWAYS works for purposes of maintaing tempo/rhythm. The composer was a jerk and deserves to have such horrendous composing rewritten. ;-)
On May 18, 2011 10:43 AM, "Daniel Canarutto" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello friends, I have a performance of La Traviata coming soon, and I must admit I'm having serious difficulties in keeping a steady pace in N.2 (the first scene of the opera, just after the Preludio). It is in 4/4 time, played at 1quarter=172 more or less. I have four afterbeats per measure, as you can see from the sample I uploaded at the URL: http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/Xs/Tr2.pdf I'm trying to study this piece with a metronome, starting from a slower tempo and increasing it, or playing a few measures at a time, but it seems I'm still far from the goal. I'd say it's not a strictly technical issue, since if I play the beats, instead than afterbeats, everything goes smoothly. So it should be a mainly mental problem. I'm wondering which exercises or tricks could help. Thank you for your attention, Daniel Canarutto mathematical physicist & dedicated amateur hornist & lifelong learner http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/ http://www.corno.it/ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/mlw2026%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
