Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2008/03

From: "Christophe ASTIER" <christophe.astier@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: [kl] French term
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:01:52 -0500

Yes it made trough, (but may be not the answers). Here is my initial answer
:

"Décomposez" is imperative form for the verb "décomposer", and means you
have to divide each beat into a smaller piece of time.

For example, 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...

Another poster translated into "subdivide", which is completely correct.

Regards,
Christophe

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From: "Peter Stoll" <peterstoll2000@-----.ca>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:14 AM
Subject: [kl] French term

> Hi everyone,
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> Not sure if this made it through; I'm trying to find a musical (not
> necessarily literal) translation of an instruction at the start of a
> Jeanjean etude: "decomposez". One guess is that it means to subdivide, as
> this is a slow piece in long time signatures (6/4, 9/4). Have tried my
> dictionaries and online without success; any ideas?
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> Thanks,
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