196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone icosahedron @ttrpg.network 7d ago

guess the piece rule

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Despacito
I feel like im probably missing a reference but, if not- Is this treble or bass clef? And what's the tempo?
- was written by mahler. no other hints!
  
  I don't think I've ever heard a Mahler piece, but based off of the breath mark and random guessing I'm going to say Symphony no.4 in G major.
Hey, I'm actually starting to learn how to read scores and I've never seen the symbols ' and > before. What do they mean?
- the ' is a breath mark. in this context, it's indicating a wind player to breathe at that moment. the same meaning applies to vocalists. it can also appear outside winds or vocalists. in such cases, it means to take a slight pause without necessarily altering tempo (usually by shortening the preceding note) the > is an accent. it indicates to play with greater emphasis. how that emphasis comes through depends on the musical context, but it often means playing that note louder or stronger
  
  Thanks a lot! If I come to have another doubt I'll surely ask you again, you explained very well
  
  I've always been taught that the accent is explicitly not to be treated as playing the note louder or stronger as whole, but rather to emphasize the beginning of the note by quieting the end of the note, i.e. treat the > as a note specific decrescendo
I'm gonna guess that it's an alto or tenor part, assuming the text was cut off
It looks like a winky face and I interpret it as a sliding whistle doing the iconic falling sound
Is it a perfect 4th?
- correct, but the part shown here is for a transposing instrument. it sounds a fifth lower than it is written. so though it is written as A and E, in concert pitch, these notes are actually D and A

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