Klarinet Archive - Posting 000362.txt from 2000/11

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] 3/4/5 - Brahms Sonata No. 2
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:53:58 -0500

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From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] 3/4/5 - Brahms Sonata No. 2

> Measure 10 of the first movement in Brahms Sonata No. 2 is: (a) a
> quarter note, (b) followed by two groups of beamed sixteenth notes, (c)
> followed by a quintuplet.
> Is it clear that Brahms' intention for the quintuplet was: (a) five
> notes squeezed down into the duration of a quarter note; or (b) the
> measure should be played in a steady sixteenth-note rhythm, thereby
> adding an extra sixteenth note to the measure, but the audience doesn't
> see the printed page, so they aren't bothered by the slight notational
> error; or (c) the performers can do whichever they wish, so long as they
> do it together?
>

As others have indicated already, (a) is the intended interpretation. They
are supposed to be 5 even notes within the duration of the beat. For future
reference, as you see more and more music you will see a wide variety of
"tuplets". For example, you might see 7 notes beamed together with a 7
above them. This means 7 even notes within the beat and so on.

Dee Hays

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