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nlangdon39

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Regarding the image I have attached (measures 3 and 4 of Scriabin op 2 no 1) - for the parts I drew red boxes around, this looks strange to me. I would think these should be played as a chord but it is odd that the notes are offset to the side like this and not just written in normal chord notation, all on the stem. I am wondering if it is just a poor edition/weird notation? If they are not meant to be played together, what is the intention here? Is it just written that way to show a melodic line?

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dogperson

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Re: Quick notation question

Reply #1 on: April 11, 2017, 07:20:08 AM

You are correct on both counts: the notated sections are intended to be played as a chord, but are notated this way to show the melodic line

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themeandvariation

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Re: Quick notation question

Reply #2 on: April 11, 2017, 07:42:17 AM

The middle voice in either clef (in both red boxes) - is of a different value - and held accordingly. It is visually 'displaced' so the stem doesn't touch another voice - (thus changing another voice's value).

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keypeg

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Re: Quick notation question

Reply #3 on: April 11, 2017, 04:03:55 PM

You actually have the same thing happening with the D half notes, but it might not have caught your attention as much because the white note values have a different visual effect. It would be impossible to line up all the note heads vertically unless you made your stem curvy to curve around.

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