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Topic: Tempo of speed Terms?  (Read 1711 times)

Offline choykaiwen

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Tempo of speed Terms?
on: June 07, 2006, 05:09:56 PM
My teacher says I try to play everything too fast. So I would like to ask, when you see, for example, Moderato, how fast do you go? Do you have like a set tempo for moderato eg. maybe 60-70 bpm (using a mentronome).

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Re: Tempo of speed Terms?
Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 09:51:50 PM
It depends on the piece.
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Offline jlh

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Re: Tempo of speed Terms?
Reply #2 on: June 08, 2006, 07:02:26 AM
Like Kelly_Kelly said, it depends on the piece.  There is no metronome marking for maderato, but keep in mind that it means moderately, neither fast nor slow.
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Re: Tempo of speed Terms?
Reply #3 on: June 09, 2006, 04:48:37 AM
Greetings.

You are supposes to know what is too fast and what is too slow. Before, I used too not keep the rhythm constant in the piece and my teacher always corrected my desultory rhythm ways. I know what is my practice tempo and I know personally how hard it is to keep it slow. This especially aplies for me in my Moszkowski's second etude in g minor. I used to speed through it when I wasn't ready and had acarpous results. However, with constant practicing in a slow manner it is getting more steady and confident.

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Re: Tempo of speed Terms?
Reply #4 on: June 10, 2006, 03:53:23 PM
 "  I wasn't ready and had acarpous results. "

"Acarpous" is a very arcane word. I don't think I ever saw it before. I learned a new thing today.  :)
 It means: fruitless or not producing results.

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Re: Tempo of speed Terms?
Reply #5 on: June 14, 2006, 01:07:16 AM
"  I wasn't ready and had acarpous results. "

"Acarpous" is a very arcane word. I don't think I ever saw it before. I learned a new thing today.  :)
 It means: fruitless or not producing results.

Heh heh. You might have noticed my post in the Xenakis thread in the Audition room. Please ignore it I was a bit out of my mind there.
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