OK, not a very familiar piece, so some introduction possibly required: "Bergomask" is the second of "two pieces" from 1925, the first of which is "April", listed by the AB for LRSM.
At the beginning of Bergomask there is a Chord. However, before the opening chord the G for the right hand thumb has an arrow before it, leading up from nowhere, so here's the question:
What does the arrow mean?
Is it the symbolic equivalent of writing attacca at the end of "April"?
Is it intended as a Glissando?
Is it something completely diferrent? If so what?
Help!
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QUOTE(Robodoc @ Sep 24 2007, 10:13 PM) 
OK, not a very familiar piece, so some introduction possibly required: "Bergomask" is the second of "two pieces" from 1925, the first of which is "April", listed by the AB for LRSM.
At the beginning of Bergomask there is a Chord. However, before the opening chord the G for the right hand thumb has an arrow before it, leading up from nowhere, so here's the question:
What does the arrow mean?
Is it the symbolic equivalent of writing attacca at the end of "April"?
Is it intended as a Glissando?
Is it something completely diferrent? If so what?
Help!
Hard to reply without seeing - can you clarify the direction of the arrow?
If it's up or down, I'd guess that it was an instruction for the direction of spread - top-bottom or bottom-top.
QUOTE(cellocase @ Sep 25 2007, 05:37 PM)
QUOTE(Robodoc @ Sep 24 2007, 10:13 PM)
OK, not a very familiar piece, so some introduction possibly required: "Bergomask" is the second of "two pieces" from 1925, the first of which is "April", listed by the AB for LRSM.
At the beginning of Bergomask there is a Chord. However, before the opening chord the G for the right hand thumb has an arrow before it, leading up from nowhere, so here's the question:
What does the arrow mean?
Is it the symbolic equivalent of writing attacca at the end of "April"?
Is it intended as a Glissando?
Is it something completely diferrent? If so what?
Help!
Hard to reply without seeing - can you clarify the direction of the arrow?
If it's up or down, I'd guess that it was an instruction for the direction of spread - top-bottom or bottom-top.
If you imagine a graph with axes marked in mm then the arrow starts at (0,0) and ends at about (12,3). It's straight, about 1.5 mm thick and has a stumpy arrowhead which arrowhead is just before the note.
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