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Topic: Struggles with Scriabin Op. 16 No. 4 (Read 755 times)

rtheunissen

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Struggles with Scriabin Op. 16 No. 4

on: June 08, 2023, 08:08:34 AM

Hello everybody,

A couple of days ago, I started learning this amazing short but very touching prelude by Scriabin. I want to do the piece justice and play it right. However, I'm struggling a bit with bars 7 and 8. The rhythm there is quite tricky. How can I best practice/play this to make it make more sense?

Also a quick side question, I assume that the 'dotted triplets' (or whatever their official name is) all throughout this piece aren't meant to be played very strictly, right?

Thanks in advance!

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lelle

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Re: Struggles with Scriabin Op. 16 No. 4

Reply #1 on: June 08, 2023, 10:41:48 PM

I would agree they are not to be played strictly in time, but with natural elasticity, like most good, romantic phrases. That said, you should still play the rhythm as written, but not like a machine.

Can you clarify in more detail what you are struggling with? Think of the 'dotted triplets' as exactly that - they are unmarked eighth note triplets, except the 2nd eigth note has been lengthened by a dot, and the second shortened accordingly. First step to help you could possibly be to practice these "dotted triplets" as normal triplets, and see if you can but that together with the other voices. Do this practicing in quite a strict tempo so that you can mather your control over the rhythm. You'll get 2 against 3 in bar 7, and a triplet against a dotted rhtyhm in bar 8. Then see if you can convert it back into a "dotted triplet".

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