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rovis77

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Help with chromatic scales in la Campanella

on: November 22, 2015, 01:07:42 PM

I have a question. How do you play the chromatic 32nd note ascending runs on measure 74, there are 31 32nd notes in a 6/8 measure, how do you measure this when playing it?. and how do you measure the runs that start in measure 80 and end in measure 83?, there are a lot of 32nd notes in those measures?, are these free tempo?. Also how do you measure the runs that start on measure 101 and end on 102 and the one on measure 94 thanks lot!!!

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abel2

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Re: Help with chromatic scales in la Campanella

Reply #1 on: November 30, 2015, 08:06:44 PM

Quote from: rovis77 on November 22, 2015, 01:07:42 PM

I have a question. How do you play the chromatic 32nd note ascending runs on measure 74, there are 31 32nd notes in a 6/8 measure, how do you measure this when playing it?. and how do you measure the runs that start in measure 80 and end in measure 83?, there are a lot of 32nd notes in those measures?, are these free tempo?. Also how do you measure the runs that start on measure 101 and end on 102 and the one on measure 94 thanks lot!!!

Just play it. You really shouldn't bother with the time in these runs, imo they should basically be free time. If you want to be like everyone else out there, just play them as fast as possible.