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From: | Peter Bjuhr |
Subject: | Re: So, slashed beamed grace notes... |
Date: | Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:24:25 +0200 |
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On 10/24/2013 09:34 AM, Simon Bailey
wrote:
I don't think you should take the german name to literally. The performance practise of grace notes has varied throughout music history. You have to study the practise of the period and perhaps also the practise of individual composers to know for sure how to interpret different scores. So to state things explicitly in a performance note can be clarifying. Gould also mentions some other means to make the notation clearer (regarding before or on the beat), e.g. using accents (p. 128-129). She actually also gives an explanation of the slash in addition to Gilberto's excellent review: "It is common practice to place a diagonal line through a single beam." (p. 125) Maybe the idea here is, in analogy with the distinction between the appoggiatura and the acciaccatura, that a single beam (i.e. eighths/quavers ) is more in need of the slash!?? Personally I think using grace notes gives the performer a certain amount of freedom, so I don't see the need for really sharp definitions. Peter |
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