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Expression markings used by Australian composer Percy Grainger:
“Louden lots”
“Soften bit by bit”
“Lower notes of woggle well to the fore”
“Glassily”
“Sipplingly”
“Bumpingly”
“Hammeringly”
“Bundling”
“Clatteringly”
“Like a shriek”
“Very rhythmic and jimp”
“Rollikingly”
“Hold until blown”
“Jogtrottingly”
“Easygoingly but very clingingly”
Musical directions in Erik Satie’s piano works:
“Wonder about yourself”
“Provide yourself with shrewdness”
“Alone, for one moment”
“Open the head”
“Superstitiously”
“In a very particular way”
“Light as an egg”
“Like a nightingale with a toothache”
“Moderately, I insist”
“A little bit warm”
“Very Turkish”
One of Satie’s directions — “Very lost” — might have been unnecessary.
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No, musical directions. Aren't you glad you learned them chunes by ear?
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Re: Directions
I only pay attention to musical directions when they're written in Italian.
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Re: Directions
“Open the head”
I don't know whether I'm supposed to air out the bathroom or grab an axe.
I don't know whether I'm supposed to air out the bathroom or grab an axe.
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Re: Directions
Wow, those are wild and crazy!
Our choir would have a really hard time with those. We have trouble keeping a straight face with "sforzando".
A recent piece was marked "broadening gradually towards the end". Most of us are middle-aged and could relate to that one.
Unintended hilarity when the choir director was walking us through a piece of music and said "and I want p suddenly, right here"
Our choir would have a really hard time with those. We have trouble keeping a straight face with "sforzando".
A recent piece was marked "broadening gradually towards the end". Most of us are middle-aged and could relate to that one.
Unintended hilarity when the choir director was walking us through a piece of music and said "and I want p suddenly, right here"
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Could have been worse. Could have been pp.Caroluna wrote:Unintended hilarity when the choir director was walking us through a piece of music and said "and I want p suddenly, right here"
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Re: Directions
You use a can opener.Nanohedron wrote:“Open the head”
I don't know whether I'm supposed to air out the bathroom or grab an axe.
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Re: Directions
I think Satie was a zombie.
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