Klarinet Archive - Posting 000397.txt from 2003/08

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia.zornow@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] "Perfect" rhythm
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:22:17 -0400

Anna Benassi wrote:

> > I didn't quite understand your Bart=F3k reference there - when you say
> > that he had "perfect rhythm," do you in fact mean a "perfect" sense of
> > metronome markings? That a person with this talent can tap out
> > something marked at 120 and the tempo will indeed be 120 beat per
> > minute? This is what I infer from your comments. If I'm wrong, can you
> > enlighten me?

and Dan Leeson replied:
=20
> You have it exactly correct...

A conductor of mine says "Rhythm is infinite." Since a time interval
can be divided into infinitely many subintervals, it's always possible
to get closer to perfect accuracy. Is your beat accurate to 0.1 of a=20
second? 0.01? 0.001? Pitch is like this too: Is your A at 440 cycles
per 1.00 seconds? 1.000? 1.0000?... =20

So the best Bartok could have done is approached perfection so closely
that no other human could tell the difference.

Claudia

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