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Topic: Maria Schneider - Concert in the Garden  (Read 1142 times)

Offline pianoplayer2015

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Maria Schneider - Concert in the Garden
on: November 22, 2015, 09:46:52 AM
Help!! Does anyone know the time Signature (Meter) for this score??? What does Conducted out of time mean??

Offline iansinclair

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Re: Maria Schneider - Concert in the Garden
Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 10:44:02 PM
It has -- as you have discovered -- no time signature.  It is played freely, with the note values taken as usual.  The "measure" lines are there to help keep things coordinated, and also to give some hint as to where stress should be placed.

Conducted out of time simply means that the conductor -- if there was one -- would not use any of the regular beat patterns, but would indicate by gesture where and when particular notes or stresses would be located.

It should be very free...
Ian
 

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