Re: mezzo staccato

[James Lowe]

Hello...

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Percival <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:34:38 +0000
To: James Lowe <address@hidden>
Cc: 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng <address@hidden>, lilypond-user
<address@hidden>
Subject: Re: mezzo staccato

>Off the top of my head, I would play:
>  c4-.( c4-. c4-.)
>with something like 30% of the note duration as rests.  If you
>wanted less space (say, 5-10%) between the notes, I suggest:
>  c4--( c4-- c4--)
>That said, the -- case wouldn't raelly be played with rests... you
>would play a note with normal bow pressure, then dramatically
>reduce the bow pressure for the final part of the note.  The
>overall effect would be that there was a "gap" between the notes,
>but the bow would keep moving and the bow would still be in
>contact with the string.
>
>
>However, this is not a well-defined area of music; it will depend
>on the style of music, the composer, on what the conductor tells
>the musicians, etc.
>

Sounds like a case for one of Mike's <cough>inventive</cough> symbols.

;)

James


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