Klarinet Archive - Posting 000607.txt from 1999/11

From: "Dr. Laroy Borchert" <lborcher@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Notation question (rf)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:10:17 -0500

According to my "Harvard Dictionary," ; rf (or rfz or rinf) is the
abbreviation for rinforzando. "A sudden accent on a single note or chord,
practically synonymous with sforzando." I know that Beethoven also used
that marking quite often.
Laroy

Dr. Laroy Borchert
New Mexico State University

----- Original Message -----
From: Oliver Seely <oliver@-----.EDU>
Subject: [kl] Notation question

> Sorry, I garbled my second paragraph. Corrected, the message ought
> to read:
>
> The 1828 Boufil duet I'm working on has several notational forms with
> which I am not familiar. I've figured out most of them, but what is
> rf (or rF)? Mezzo forte?
>
> How about repeated vertical lines above sixteenth notes? Would you
> use >, a dot or a > with a dot in it?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Oliver
>
>
>
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