Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 2000/07

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Appoggiaturas as explained in the Klose Method
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:40:57 -0400

Laurie,

My understanding of the "long appogiatura" is that it takes half the
duration of the following note, unless the following note is dotted
("pointed?"), in which case it is 2/3 of that note's duration. Thus a
long appogitura preceding a quarter note would be played as "eighth -
eighth", while the same preceding a dotted quarter would be played "quarter
- eighth". In each case, the first note should have a slight stress.

It would also appear that the notation practice is approaching (at least)
using a slashed small note for a grace note, while the unslashed small note
denotes the long appogiatura. But this practice is very inconsistent, to
say the least.

Anyone else have different views?

George

At 08:00 PM 07/16/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>In the Klose Method there area couple of pages explaining "The Appogiatura".
>In the second paragraph of the prefatory comments there is the following
>statement:
>
>"Its [the appoggiatura's] duration is half or two thirds of the note upon
>which it resolves itself; according to whether the note is pointed or not
>pointed."
>
>This statement doesn't seem to apply to the duet which follows the comments.
>The appoggiaturas in the duet are either half notes that resolve to eighth
>notes or eighth notes that resolve to sixteenth notes. All of the
>appoggiaturas are slurred to the notes upon which they resolve, so the point
>about "whether the note is pointed or not pointed" is also confusing.
>
>Could someone explain how long an appoggiatura should be in relation to the
>note upon which it resolves?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Laurie Pestoni
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