Jan 22, 2015 · When the performance direction is "cantabile" one must supposedly play it in a song-like manner, but how do I implement it in my playing? Is it just the nature of the piece that will do the work or do I have to add something more to my playing? Also, technically speaking how can an instrument imitate human voice?

Oct 25, 2013 · I find it difficult to make dolce (sweetly) and cantabile (singing/songlike) sound different when I'm playing the piano. How should my technique differ from one to the other?

Aug 8, 2017 · I play Sonata no 3 of Johann Quantz for flute, in the last part of this sonata, The directive is "un poco vivace ma cantabile". I understand that the literal meaning of this is: "A little lively...

Nov 23, 2023 · This is from Niccolò Paganini's Cantabile for violin and guitar in D: How do I play the red-boxed notes properly? What does the hat-dot signs mean? What are they called?

Feb 10, 2021 · What precisely does this notation mean in the first bar treble clef? From ear, the note appears to be held until it’s sounded again - is that the intention, and wouldn’t a dotted eight be a reasona...

Aug 27, 2016 · Most will interpret this as meaning "a little bit faster than Adagio." In other words, it's not totally slow, just a little bit slow, thus with a slightly higher BPM than a "true" Adagio. In terms of giving an actual BPM for un poco Adagio, that's much more difficult. Everyone will have a different interpretation of the tempo; check out Perahia, Kissin, and Pollini to see what you …

Oct 27, 2024 · So ad libitum already includes the tempo and can mean any of the variants you’ve given. In tempo markings this is not usual. More commonly you’ll find the Italian term con licenza, literally meaning with permission [to play it your own way]. You find this marking for example in Tchaikovsky’s 5th/II: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza.

Nov 7, 2023 · Expressive indications as to how a performer plays a passage should always go below the staff [or between the staves of a grand staff], in italics: espr., dolce, cantabile, with great passion, dryly, etc.

Jan 18, 2025 · These notes aren't in an Allegro movement; it's a lyrical context, with an actual cantabile marking and piano dynamic. 2 A dry, crisp staccato just doesn't make sense rhetorically in this passage. So in a sense the composer can get the "common sense, expected" articulation just by leveraging common practices within a genre.

This could be an instance of portato. Via wikipedia: Portato (Italian, past participle of portare, "to carry") in music denotes a smooth, pulsing articulation and is often notated by adding dots under slur markings. Portato, also known as articulated legato or slurred staccato or semi-staccato or mezzo-staccato, that means "moderately detached". It is a style of playing between staccato …