Having to play through many theme and variation pieces and older cornet solos with students, I'm coming almost completely to the opinion that the dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythms found in the triplet variations should be ignored and played triplet quarter and eighth.
I remember many pieces in band and Arban's while growing up where my teacher(s) said to make a distinction between the two rhythms, but the more I play them, the less likely it seems that this was the true intention of the composer or correct style of the genre.
Opinions?
