On Thu Jul 2, at ThursdayJul 2 4:52 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: > On 2-7-2015 22:44, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> This is a dismayingly wrong-headed, over-literal transcription. > > I know, I know. I'm taking the pedantry out. :) > But what do these lines mean?
Thank goodness you are doing that! This transcriber doesn't seem to hear ground pulse at all. Bill Evans had time so good he was almost a mutant, and we can hear it perfectly even in his rubato playing. Darcy introduced me to an excellent term for this; he calls it "rhythmic authority." It means the player may not be putting rhythms down exactly according to the metronome, but he knows (and we can hear) exactly what his relationship to the ground pulse is. I had never heard it expressed so specifically before, and I use it all the time now. I thought at first the brackets might be a pedal marking, but no, it was only a coincidence at first. It seems that it might be an indication where Bill goes from separately articulated notes to a more legato phrasing. Perhaps any other writer would put a slur over the phrase. There is so much needless stuff in this notation that I would question the very need to indicate some of what he notated. Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
