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Re: Counting some parts of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, adagio movement

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-07-25 19:11

Ben,

I would absolutely count any slow piece in double time: 3/4=six counts per
measure; 4/4=eight counts per measure.

There are in fact many examples of music such as the Raboud Solo de Concours, many of the Jean Jean etudes or Cavallini Caprices that require you to count the eighth note as a beat.

I noticed a similar problem that may have been exposed on your other post. Sometimes you need to half-time an example, where you count the half note as one beat (usually pieces written that way as cut time or 3/2 or 4/2 for example).

Let your common sense dictate how you count the music. It is how you PLAY it that determines the emphasis of phrasing.

.............Paul Aviles

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