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pianoplayjl

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Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

on: February 19, 2012, 02:10:24 AM

My dumbest thread to date. Ha ha!! Any ideas and estimates?

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perfect_pitch

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #1 on: February 19, 2012, 02:26:36 AM

I'd say the number > my ability to give a sh*t.

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #2 on: February 19, 2012, 03:13:09 AM

Millions? You would be surprised how many notes are in pieces that aren't really that noty!

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #3 on: February 19, 2012, 03:27:26 AM

There are 16,206 notes in the first 18/19 bars of Ravel's Lever du jour (Daphnis et Chloe). According to Bernstein.

Random fact of about as much use to this thread as this thread is to anyone here!

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #4 on: February 19, 2012, 04:16:54 AM

About as dumb as most of them.

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thalbergmad

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #5 on: February 19, 2012, 10:40:17 AM

About a million too many

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #6 on: February 19, 2012, 08:30:14 PM

Each page contains about 350 notes and the entire work is 247 pages
the number of notes in total is 350x247=~86500 notes

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ahinton

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Re: Estimates on the number of notes in Sorabji's OC

Reply #7 on: February 19, 2012, 09:15:09 PM

1. Why OC in particular?
2. Who cares?

I don't know the answer to 1. but, since I'm certain that those pianists who've actually played it (five to date, including the composer, of whom three are still with us) couldn't care/have cared less, why would anyone else?

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Alistair

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