On Nov 2, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I think your client and his Italian friend are absolutely right.
To me, "poco rit" sounds completely natural and "rit poco" sounds
weird and awkward. I'm not a native speaker, but I'm moderately
familiar with Italian and I see absolute
On 01 Nov 2007, at 11:11 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
I have a client who has a strong preference for Poco rit. over
Rit. poco. He has also consulted with a friend who is a native
Italian speaker, who says that the passage quoted above is
incorrect -- that Poco rit. is the correct Italian word ord
I have a client who has a strong preference for Poco rit. over Rit.
poco. He has also consulted with a friend who is a native Italian
speaker, who says that the passage quoted above is incorrect --
that Poco rit. is the correct Italian word order.
I'm curious as to what the native Italian s
On 01.11.2007 Darcy James Argue wrote:
I have a client who has a strong preference for Poco rit. over Rit. poco. He
has also consulted with a friend who is a native Italian speaker, who says that
the passage quoted above is incorrect -- that Poco rit. is the correct Italian
word order.
I'm cu
At 8:37 AM +0100 11/2/07, Giuliano Forghieri wrote:
Hello,
your friend is imho almost correct: nobody here in Italy would use
Rit. poco. However, that's not incorrect.
Also, both diminuendo poco a poco and poco a poco diminuendo are correct.
As far as fair usage is concerned, I think musicia
Hello,
your friend is imho almost correct: nobody here in Italy would use
Rit. poco. However, that's not incorrect.
Also, both diminuendo poco a poco and poco a poco diminuendo are correct.
As far as fair usage is concerned, I think musicians get poco rit.
and rit. poco the same way (at a gl
Hello,
There is a passage in Steven Powell's Music Engraving Today that reads:
"Ritardando poco is correct Italian, but Poco rit. is often used by
publishers. Similarly, diminuendo poco a poco is correct, though poco
a poco diminuendo is frequently used. As my editor says, 'an
additional j
