7 / 8 time
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I was looking at the 3rd movement of the Prokofiev 7th sonata. Ever since seeing Sokolov play it, years ago, I've loved this piece.
Link to videoNo, I have no intention of learning it - it's far, far, beyond my abilities.
However, it's in 7 / 8 time.
When learning something like this, how does one "count" the meter?
Is it One - two - three - FOUR - one - two - three .... One - two - three - FOUR - one - two - three
Or is it One - two - THREE - one - two - three - four .... One - two - THREE - one - two - three - four
Just curious.
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Unless there is a reason the music systematically lends itself to a subdivision of the seven beats, I would just do as Jodi says and count to seven every measure. Not that I could play that piece, and not that I can count to seven.
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Unless there is a reason the music systematically lends itself to a subdivision of the seven beats, I would just do as Jodi says and count to seven every measure. Not that I could play that piece, and not that I can count to seven.
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This the type of question I’d often ask my piano teacher when I’d come to my lesson unpractised. She’d become so lively & opinionated with it, going on for a good half hour of it, digressing in and out of her experiences hearing it, performing it, teaching it, in whatever country, in whatever decade. I became quite good listening to her, nodding, encouraging her on with it. Lol.
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The top left corner of the page, the notes right after the word “Precipitato” suggest to you how to count: 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
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The top left corner of the page, the notes right after the word “Precipitato” suggest to you how to count: 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
@Axtremus said in 7 / 8 time:
The top left corner of the page, the notes right after the word “Precipitato” suggest to you how to count: 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
Exactly.
In other pieces it's counted as 2+2+3, so you really need to look at what's specified for that piece.
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The top left corner of the page, the notes right after the word “Precipitato” suggest to you how to count: 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
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