Especially the "yes, of course".
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>From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
>[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Francis Wood
>Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:01 AM
>To: BIRCH Christopher (DGT)
>Cc: NSPlist group
>Subject: [NSP] Re: Deaf/dead
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>On 22 Jun 2011, at 09:39, <christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu> wrote:
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>> 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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