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Ricardo
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Beethoven metronome broken?
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So I had no idea that there is this crazy argument about metronome markings in the 19th century. This relates to flamenco I guess, and in particular could have relevance if proven true for the Ocon score Soledad that is marked at 184 bpm (close to buleria). In case people are confused at what his guy is saying (I was), he believes, based on the fact modern pianists struggle with certain pieces outside of their tempo ability, that back in the 1800s the tempo indications such as quarter note equals 120bpm, that what that refers to was TWO swings of a pendulum metronome each = 120, so that actual feeling of the quarter note is half that, or 60 bpm. In other words, most or ALL the classical music from the birth of the metronome to audio recording technology, was performed at HALF the speed we think of it today. He argues that most of those pieces are played too fast, but IN THE MIDDLE of the indicated speed and its subdivisions, due to the “impossible technique” required to execute the real speed. (Something like quarter=120bpm I described, people play in the 90s, however, he believes they are playing too fast, it should be 60bpm). I am not so sure I buy the argument, but find it interesting people are so concerned about it: https://youtu.be/vBFmJVG0wak This guy has tons of videos and examples on the subject, but none of the others really convince me, and here we have written evidence he presents, that might have interpretation issues (16ths and 32nds are in the score with ta’s under).
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Date Dec. 2 2022 14:09:06
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Ricardo
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RE: Beethoven metronome broken? (in reply to kitarist)
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Regarding 2, the actual metronome-produced tempos were correct for him using his metronome reading the bottom number; he just did not notice the actual tempo coming out of the metronome was 12 bpm slower than the apparent mark he was reading. So from his point of view there wasn't anything to correct - the tempos produced by the metronome were the exact ones he wanted.. First of all, I need the word NOT in my sentence, why did he NOT go back and fix the previous incorrect indications. But I think you understood the issue. The problem is, we need to see the exact timeline with highlighted correct and erroneous tempo markings laid out to decide if there is a mistake like the one put forward. The evidence was the “either or”, TWO tempos given on the sheet of music of the 9th symphony. Point being, if the symphonies are written in temporal sequence, whoever realized there was an issue with reading the thing at the 9th, should have gone back and fixed the 5th by adding the same 12bpm margin of error. This did not happen, it is believed the 5th is too fast, but what we DO know is that there are Beethoven works that in fact do have the correct tempo marking based on modern opinion. So hopefully you see the problem I have with not seeing the timeline first before making the claim that the reading error he noticed and “fixed”. Otherwise we have to believe that known tempo markings are randomly distributed as under or over readings and we are back at applying our basic intuition about what is the intended tempo. https://youtu.be/ue61NL-4xu8 Vs. https://youtu.be/tX22Q2rTqIw Opinions vary
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