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In Reply to: Since I Know That You Can't Get Enough of Lenny, Here's Some More for His 100th. posted by Mel on August 26, 2018 at 15:05:24:
Or at least that's what I say based on playing the harp part on the piano. It's got all sorts of rhythmic divisions with irrational numbers of notes - and it's even worse if you try to adjust your part to stay with the violinist (who is mostly playing tremolos in that section). The last few times I've played this piece, it has actually been easier for the violinist to adjust to my tempo (which will be very close to a previously agreed upon tempo) - that of course does not mean that you're free to play out of rhythm though! ;-) What the violinist and I do is: we both decide on a metronome mark and both practice at that tempo (enforced by the metronome) before we meet again - it's worked out well. In effect, we're both playing it very strictly, although the way Ravel wrote it makes it sound (paradoxically) like it's very free. Of course, that work is a showpiece and a challenge for the solo violinist - but the piano reduction has some devilish spots for the pianist too.
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- IMHO, that opening harp part in Tzigane is not so easy - Chris from Lafayette 08/26/1818:18:29 08/26/18 (7)
- It's a nightmare on the harp - vinyl phanatic 07:51:00 08/28/18 (4)
- Thanks for the input - I'd assumed that it would have been easier and more idiomatic for the harp - Chris from Lafayette 09:57:40 08/28/18 (2)
- Wasn't the Mother Goose Suite written for children? - jimbill 21:11:50 08/30/18 (1)
- I'd always been unclear about that - Chris from Lafayette 00:20:24 08/31/18 (0)
- RE: It's a nightmare on the harp - Mel 08:52:37 08/28/18 (0)
- RE: IMHO, that opening harp part in Tzigane is not so easy - Mel 18:43:00 08/26/18 (1)
- Funny - thanks for the info - I'd always assumed (wrongly!) that the piano version was a reduction [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 19:54:46 08/26/18 (0)