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I should have used scare quotes. "In a way which someone other than the performer may call incorrect." Which is the case here. I guess my point is, playing "ac
by colanderman 3y ago
I should have used scare quotes. "In a way which someone other than the performer may call incorrect." Which is the case here.
I guess my point is, playing "accurately" (according to the traditional musical rhythmic grid) and "precisely" (repeatably) are independent skills. I for one am stronger in the latter than the former.
- PeterisP 3y agoI'd say that playing from notation and notating what's played are two very different things - in the latter, any difference between notation and execution means that it's the notation that is inaccurate; and in this particular case (as with quite a few others) the traditional notation system is too limited to properly notate this part of the song, as that 5/8 measure is the closest thing that can be reasonably written, but it's wrong because that part of the song is not really 5/8 but something like 5.3/8 ..