Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2008/02

From: Erik Tkal <qtkal@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] French musical term
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:21:16 -0500

Wow, and no one responded with "that's what Debussy is doing now"? :-P

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Christophe ASTIER wrote:
>
> "Décomposez" is imperative form for the verb "décomposer", and means
> you have to
> divide each beat into a smaller piece of time.
>
> For exaample, if a score is written in 6/8, "decomposez" would ask for
> counting by
> each eigth note rather than by the dotted quarter note.
>
> Hope it clarifies...
> Regards,
> Christophe
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Stoll"
> <peterstoll2000@-----.ca>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:55 PM
> Subject: [kl] French musical term
>
>
>> Hello Klarinetters,
>>
>> I've run into a French term that my own dictionaries and online
>> resources aren't coping too well with, in a Jeanjean flute study;
>> "decomposez". While I get the literal translation of 'decompose', I'm
>> not sure of the actual implication; is it rubato?
>>
>> Thanks for any guidance!
>>
>> Peter Stoll
>>

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