Re: roling cords

[Shane Brandes]

If it is a Chopin piece simply rolling a large chord would not be
inappropriate. Rolling chords was probably a much more common practice
in that era anyway. In any event, early recordings and anecdotal
evidence suggest such a thing. So the point is if you feel you need to
roll a chord to make the pitches and fullness of sonority go for it
and it is not really necessary to mark such things unless the chord is
clearly smaller than a tenth and you need to indicate a roll of a
chord where it would not otherwise be physically required.

Shane


On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Sarah:
>
> What is the Chopin piece? I may have a copy and could "see" what you want.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah k Alawami [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:58 PM
> To: Mark Stephen Mrotek
> Subject: Re: roling cords
>
> lol. My hands are not that big.  I wish I could play that big cord with one
> hand, but the octave a's will be probably be best played wit the  left hand
> on the and of 3, then the higher octave a's be played with the  rest of the
> cord  on 1, but I don't' want the pianist to be restricted with rhythm
> especially since I might be playing this, I hope not.
>
> I'm trying to pull a chopin where he has these big cords but the bottom note
> is played first like in the middle section of rain drops.
>
> but hopefully I'm being clear on this. My instrument is not piano, it's
> voice. lol!
>
> Be blessed. I sent the reply as well to the list in case someone else has
> any other ideas.
>
> Take care.
> On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:47 PM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sarah:
>>
>> I listened to your example. Is the chord to be played by one hand or by
> two?
>> Is it all in one staff or split between two?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sarah k Alawami [mailto:address@hidden
>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:11 PM
>> To: Mark Stephen Mrotek
>> Subject: Re: roling cords
>>
>> No I mean  like when you have a fist full of cord and you want the
>> cord to play on the beat but it's so big you have to role from the top
>> to the bottom.
>>
>> Here is a badly played example. sorry about the ringing c sharp. it's
>> broken.
>>
>> http://alawamiproductions.com/dl/DM421359.MP3
>>
>>
>> It's not arpasiated but a friend of mine explained when we had to do
>> this for theory something about a bracket being placed around the cord
>> to be roled.  I'm going off of hazy memory here.
>>
>> Thanks and take care. I will look at the  docs anyways just in case.
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek
>> <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sarah:
>>>
>>> If by rolling chords you mean an arpeggio this might be of help:
>>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/expressive-m
>>> a
>>> rks-as
>>> -lines
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: address@hidden
>>> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
>>> Of Sarah Alawami
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:25 PM
>>> To: lilly pond discuss discuss
>>> Subject: roling cords
>>>
>>> I might need to role a few coreds in this piano reduction. I know the
>>> term ala harp, or somethign like that. Would  that text work in lily
>>> pond before the less then and grater then symbols or is there  an
>>> easier
>> way to do this?
>>> No mark up language. I'm not quite ready to memorise that yet.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking  ahead as I need to reduce 24 measures by monday and
>>> don't want to bother anyone  much lol!
>>>
>>> I have other questions but I'll ask them as time goes on.
>>>
>>> Tc all and be blessed.
>>>
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