Upbeat: Breath and Hand
Cutting off
Short last note
Long last note
Distinctive final chord
Morendo ending
Sustained chords
Upbeat: Breath and Hand
- upbeat explained
- the upbeat is an empty beat before the beginning of a piece
- the upbeat with a breath
- how to do a dry preparatory beat if your upbeat is shorter than one beat
- how to practise upbeats
Cutting off
- cutting off explained
- circular mouvement as a preparatory beat for cutting off
- freeze when you want musicians to stop playing
- how to cut off in the character of a piece
Short last note
- PROKOFIEFF "Peter and the wolf" before figure 2
- no need for a special cutting off gesture if the last note is short anyway
Long last note
- PROKOFIEFF "Peter and the wolf" cutting off at figure 17
- how to care for each instrumental group
Distinctive final chord
- PROKOFIEFF "Peter and the wolf" cutting off bevor figure 19
- preventing a ritardando at the end
Morendo ending
- PROKOFIEFF "Peter and the wolf" cutting off before figure 20
- strings play morendo, while horns need a clear ending
Sustained chords
- PROKOFIEFF "Peter and the wolf" cutting off before figure 25
- no need to beat the time with long chords at the end, treat those long chords like a fermata
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