I think I'd go along with all of this. C >-----Original Message----- >From: Francis Wood [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:01 AM >To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT) >Cc: NSPlist group >Subject: Re: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead > > >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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