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Cellist's Guide to Notation part 1

8/18/2016

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Musical notation can be puzzling, and you as a cellist will be expected to know what the hieroglyphics mean. Rarely do you learn all you need to know about notation in lessons or theory class, so no wonder there is confusion in this realm-- even among professionals!

​Recently, one of my students asked about slashes across a note stem.  She came across these markings in her orchestra music and couldn't remember what to do.  

I told her, of course, but then realized this would be an excellent topic to clarify in a video!  

Of course, more questions about notation erupted and I thought we might be in need of a whole series about notation.

So, here is the first installment of Cellist's Guide to Notation!

Can you clarify the examples below, knowing what you know now about this notation?
EXAMPLE A:
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EXAMPLE B:
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EXAMPLE C:
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​Explain the markings in each example above in the comments section below and if you are correct, I will enter you in a drawing for a free Celli  T-shirt! 


Good luck!
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Nancy M
8/18/2016 01:57:57 pm

A. All 16th notes (assuming bass) 1/8 rest, BBAAGGFFEEDDCC
B. Tremolo E♭for 5 beats, Tremolo E♮for 4 beats but I don't know what the dot in parentheses means, and I looked it up! Is it a strange fermata?
C.E-D#(32nd note pairs played 12x to equal 3 beats); E-C(32nd note pairs played 12x to equal 3 beats);
E-D(32nd note pairs played 12x to equal 3 beats); But what is the Pi sign for?

(and my head is spinning.)

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Cathie Pritchard
8/19/2016 07:53:07 am

I am taking my light saber to the next rehearsal to demonstrate the meaning of the slashes. hahaha

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Reginald Williams link
8/19/2016 01:46:17 pm

I think that the trapezoidal 67th note in the first manuscript was supposed to have been followed by a nodal pause rather than an atonal eliptical clause.

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