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Topic: pathetique trouble (Read 1569 times)

nixo1000

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pathetique trouble

on: December 06, 2005, 03:16:37 AM

On the second page, I have seen two different forms that the left hand is written. I was wondering, how is it played, C and C and C and C, or is it just an editing short cut and it is played like the bass celf on the first measure of the second page.

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danyal

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Re: pathetique trouble

Reply #1 on: December 06, 2005, 06:16:49 AM

It is played exactly the same way as the first bar of the section. This is just a shorter way of writing it. What the left hand does here is a 'tremolo'. You'll see that often in muic, to save time while writing, and to make the music easier to read, tremolos are "abbreviated" like that.

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