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Offline robatsch

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Question on Ravel's Forlane
on: July 07, 2015, 10:57:54 PM
Hello everyone,

I'm unsure of how to execute what I believe is a tremolo in the Forlane of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin.  It occurs around the 70th bar.  The two notes G# and E are to be played together, with a triple line separating them from an F#.  Is the tremolo executed as a trill on the E and F# or is it an alternation between the entire G#, E chord and the F#?  I would greatly appreciate any clarification.

Michael

Offline j_menz

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Re: Question on Ravel's Forlane
Reply #1 on: July 08, 2015, 12:34:17 AM
Is the tremolo executed as a trill on the E and F# or is it an alternation between the entire G#, E chord and the F#? 

The latter. I'd play it as a free time tremolo rather than as strict 64th notes.
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