Re: roling cords

[Sarah k Alawami]

Ok. so based on the example I played I have no choice. so do I just put the 
whole shebang on beat one and hope the pianist, in this case either me or the 
prof or a class mate would have the sense to do what I did, better then me of 
corse. lol.

I know how to build the cord in lily pond but I'm wondering if I need to do 
something special or will they just know, unless they have hands that can 
stretch 2 octaves lol!

do I need that bracket or how ever my sighted friend described it to me when we 
put it in to a piece I was composing about 5 years ago? the teacher rolled that 
cord the way we had indicated.

Tc all and be blessed.

I should be up to that point  tomorrow in the piece. By then hopefully I would 
have decided what to do.

Take care all and thanks for putting up with me.
On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Shane Brandes <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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
> <address@hidden> 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:address@hidden
>> 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" <address@hidden>
>> 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:address@hidden
>>> 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
>>> <address@hidden>
>>> 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: address@hidden
>>>> [mailto:address@hidden 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.
>>>> 
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