On 22 Jun 2011, at 09:39, <[email protected]> wrote:

>  What would you say was the opposite of "legato".

Ooooh, I'm not going there!!

Saying that something is _not_ the opposite of another is only one assertion.
Saying what _is_  an opposite requires a number of bold and foolhardy 
propositions which will keep this thread going for several years
> 
>> I take 'detached fingering' to mean 
>> only that and nothing more. Only one finger off at any time.
> 
> In other words you don't have to overdo it to "prove" that you're piping 
> properly?

Well, I agree though that's not quite what I meant. More a matter of simple 
technique indicated by the physical aspects of a stopped chanter, rather than 
any question of taste. 

> Would you make the odd exception for vibrato and the occasional mordent, 
> acciaccatura or "cut" (in the UP sense) and such like?

Oh yes, of course. 

Francis

> 




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