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Stravinsky Three Pieces mvt.2 rhythm question

Author: PeterinToronto ★2017
Date: 2016-01-17 10:31

Hi again,

I was teaching this yesterday, and noticed something perhaps for the first time (or I'd forgotten it): in mvt.2 there is a tree of rhythmic equations at the start, 8th=8th, 16th=16th, 3 16ths=8th. And then as the music gets going Stravinsky states 16th=16th in a few places where there are groups of 2 and 3 16ths side-by-side.

I've always played this as the 16ths stay constant, so that you don't slow down to play the groups of 2 notes. But looking at this again, wouldn't this conflict with the first set of equations? If 8th=8th, and three 16ths=an 8th?

Or I am missing something (or many somethings!)?

Thanks a lot,

Peter

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