I will send that again, via my Yahoo mail. I don't understand why the
messages from one of my mail addresses gets garbled on the LSA list
with added signs, corresponding to the line spaces (and also has a sort
of ginger-bread man emblem appears); while the other has all its
paragragh spaces removed. I wonder what setting one should use to avoid
this happening?
Dear David
Yes, I have been using a metronome, and intuitively thinking of
the
ornaments as divisions, but I did not think of playing the ornaments
by
themselves. I will definitely give that a go.
Yes, it is often quite difficult to play at half measure, a little
like
slow motion walking, but it does facilitate more detailed analysis.
Listening to Satoh's playing at about half speed also allowed me to
tr=
y to capture the idea of "inegal" rhtyhm with a sort of "scat"
singing= syllable system. I found that incredibly helpful, but of
course it is not a universal-type system, probably only works for me,
and may be different on every piece.
Thanks for the advice
Anthony
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM, wrote:
problem I have been finding most difficult is fitting the ornamentation
in
with the basic rhythmic structure.
Write the ornaments out in rhythm. Start simple: two eight notes to
divide one quarter. Or a quarter and and eight note to dive a dotted
quarter. Then four sixteenth for one quarter. Play in time. Then try
six 'sixtuplets' in one quarter. Play in time. Make that your starting
point for a more free interpretation in which you can speed up or slow
down the ornament. A metronome is a useful tool: set it on quarter or
even eight notes to practice the ornament in strict rhythm. Take your
time, practice slowly, speed will come later. Set the metronome at
half measure (or whatever is appropriate in the piece) to practice the
freedom in the ornament after which you should land on the beat again.
Practice slowly and precisely, play fast and freely.
David
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