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Re: Rose 32 Question

Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2004-05-16 23:29

Ah, pragmatism at its vry best!

Play the thing if it sounds like it should be a natural then it should. Both of the notes, in a grupetto, that are above and below the main note are essentially what are know as 'auxilliary notes'. Auxilliary and passing notes are different forms of, the unfortunately termed, 'non-essential' notes. Passing notes, by definition, are notes that pass between two different harmonically important notes. Auxilliary notes are notes between two 'same' harmonically important notes. In other words up and back or down and back. Most of the time the grupetto is doing exactly this but twice. Up and back followed by down and back or vice versa. Nevertheless the notes, other than the main note from which the grupetto starts and finishes, are non-essential notes. They are auxilliary notes because they are between two harmonic notes that are the same.

The only debate as to whether the lower note of the grupetto is naturalised/sharpened or not, or in fact whether the upper note is flattened, is the resulting sound not an arbitrary rule! The above comments about typographic errors are all too relevant.

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