If it is a Chopin piece simply rolling a large chord would not be inappropriate. Rolling chords was probably a much more common practice in that era anyway. In any event, early recordings and anecdotal evidence suggest such a thing. So the point is if you feel you need to roll a chord to make the pitches and fullness of sonority go for it and it is not really necessary to mark such things unless the chord is clearly smaller than a tenth and you need to indicate a roll of a chord where it would not otherwise be physically required.
Shane On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Sarah: > > What is the Chopin piece? I may have a copy and could "see" what you want. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah k Alawami [mailto:marri...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:58 PM > To: Mark Stephen Mrotek > Subject: Re: roling cords > > lol. My hands are not that big. I wish I could play that big cord with one > hand, but the octave a's will be probably be best played wit the left hand > on the and of 3, then the higher octave a's be played with the rest of the > cord on 1, but I don't' want the pianist to be restricted with rhythm > especially since I might be playing this, I hope not. > > I'm trying to pull a chopin where he has these big cords but the bottom note > is played first like in the middle section of rain drops. > > but hopefully I'm being clear on this. My instrument is not piano, it's > voice. lol! > > Be blessed. I sent the reply as well to the list in case someone else has > any other ideas. > > Take care. > On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:47 PM, "Mark Stephen Mrotek" <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Sarah: >> >> I listened to your example. Is the chord to be played by one hand or by > two? >> Is it all in one staff or split between two? >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sarah k Alawami [mailto:marri...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 3:11 PM >> To: Mark Stephen Mrotek >> Subject: Re: roling cords >> >> No I mean like when you have a fist full of cord and you want the >> cord to play on the beat but it's so big you have to role from the top >> to the bottom. >> >> Here is a badly played example. sorry about the ringing c sharp. it's >> broken. >> >> http://alawamiproductions.com/dl/DM421359.MP3 >> >> >> It's not arpasiated but a friend of mine explained when we had to do >> this for theory something about a bracket being placed around the cord >> to be roled. I'm going off of hazy memory here. >> >> Thanks and take care. I will look at the docs anyways just in case. >> >> On Mar 14, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek >> <carsonm...@ca.rr.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Sarah: >>> >>> If by rolling chords you mean an arpeggio this might be of help: >>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/expressive-m >>> a >>> rks-as >>> -lines >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org >>> [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On Behalf >>> Of Sarah Alawami >>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:25 PM >>> To: lilly pond discuss discuss >>> Subject: roling cords >>> >>> I might need to role a few coreds in this piano reduction. I know the >>> term ala harp, or somethign like that. Would that text work in lily >>> pond before the less then and grater then symbols or is there an >>> easier >> way to do this? >>> No mark up language. I'm not quite ready to memorise that yet. >>> >>> I'm thinking ahead as I need to reduce 24 measures by monday and >>> don't want to bother anyone much lol! >>> >>> I have other questions but I'll ask them as time goes on. >>> >>> Tc all and be blessed. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
