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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2007-08-31 21:15
In Miluccio's "Huit Grandes Etudes", number 4 is in double-triplets, 2/8 time, six notes per measure. The tempo marking is quarter note = 168, and below it reads "in 1". So that's about 17 notes a second.
The notes do not fall all that easily under the fingers, and some triplets are marked staccato. After working on this off and on for a couple months, I can play it through - not great, but through - at half the marked speed, 84 bpm. I can't even hear the marked tempo in my head! It's damn fast.
If I were to diligently practice this, very gradually increasing the speed, I don't know that I could ever approach the marked tempo. In fact, I have doubts that anyone could. Can someone lay my doubts to rest - can anyone here play this thing as marked? Inspire me!
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Philip Caron |
2007-08-31 21:15 |
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