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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-04-14 03:53
I don't know if this makes sense, but I'm trying to learn a piece by Stamitz in Rubank Adv Book 2, page 29, 4th bar:
What does the 4 sixteenth notes above the staff mean (sound)?
Any help much appreciated.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-04-14 20:59
It's meant to explain the appogiatura notation of the first note. The actual execution is 4 equal sixteenth notes D-C#-B-A, a grace note followed by the written eighth and two sixteenths as written.
Karl
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-04-14 22:05
Attachment: accentedappoggiaturas.png (113k)
A lot of Classical era music has this shorthand of an (accented) appoggiatura written in grace note fashion at the start of a group beginning with a crotchet (1/4 note) followed by quavers (8th notes) or beginning with a quaver (8th note) followed by semiquavers (16th notes) so it makes all the notes in that passage the same length - ie. they're now all quavers or semiquavers and beginning on the same beat the phrase starts on instead of before. The appoggiatura being half the duration of the note it's placed in front of and that full-sized note following it is therefore halved in value.
See attachment as that explains it better.
Some editions write it out in full so there's no having to question what's written. I've often heard players who don't understand what is implied by the appoggiatura turn it into an acciaccatura and that's often thrown the rest of the passage out.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-04-15 03:15
Thanks Chris, I was not familiar with the Rubank explanation for this device.
..............Paul Aviles
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