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Topic: Doubt about Heller op 46 1  (Read 1429 times)

Offline leonbloy

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Doubt about Heller op 46 1
on: July 16, 2010, 07:40:40 PM
How are those stacatto dots in the bass supposed to be played ?
For example, the first G in the left hand, is it supposed to be attacked
again (stacatto) in the second measure (with C in the bass) or just leave it pressed (according to the ligature sign) for a little while (and only the C bass is really played stacatto)?
Hernán
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Offline keyboardclass

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Re: Doubt about Heller op 46 1
Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 07:50:20 PM
Shorten the dotted notes.

Offline stevebob

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Re: Doubt about Heller op 46 1
Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010, 09:29:33 PM
How are those stacatto dots in the bass supposed to be played ?
For example, the first G in the left hand, is it supposed to be attacked
again (stacatto) in the second measure (with C in the bass) or just leave it pressed (according to the ligature sign) for a little while (and only the C bass is really played stacatto)?

The slur mark in that specific instance should be read as a tie, so the G is not played twice.  Release it simultaneously with the C below it.
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Re: Doubt about Heller op 46 1
Reply #3 on: July 16, 2010, 09:36:01 PM
The slur mark in that specific instance should be read as a tie, so the G is not played twice.  Release it simultaneously with the C below it.

Thanks. It left me wondering because then it is practically the same (to my ears, at least) as playing a single C note... but it seems the logical way of reading it.
Hernán
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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