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trpt2345 · 06-16-2006, 08:57 PM

Manny, here's a question: there are a lot of etudes with suggested metronome markings that I can never and have never gotten up to speed. I can't do Brandt #6 for example at the speed of dotted half 76. Nor can I get #15 much above 66, much less the indicated 82. Many of the Walter Smith etudes have eluded me at full speed, thought there are a good number I can do. Is this important? Can you do all etudes at the recommended tempi? (Will we have to get into another conversation about the plural of tempo?) Or am I just schlub who can't play fast enough?

Michael McLaughlin

"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."
Miguel de Cervantes

06-16-2006, 08:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
trpt2345 Mezzo Forte User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 747	Various etude tempi Manny, here's a question: there are a lot of etudes with suggested metronome markings that I can never and have never gotten up to speed. I can't do Brandt #6 for example at the speed of dotted half 76. Nor can I get #15 much above 66, much less the indicated 82. Many of the Walter Smith etudes have eluded me at full speed, thought there are a good number I can do. Is this important? Can you do all etudes at the recommended tempi? (Will we have to get into another conversation about the plural of tempo?) Or am I just schlub who can't play fast enough? Michael McLaughlin "A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience." Miguel de Cervantes __________________ Chicago MM