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Are there "left-hand" pianists that keep time with their right hand?
Typically keeping rhythm is a low-end job: bassists in a guitar band, and the left hand in playing the piano. Admittedly I know nearly nothing about playing the piano. But I thought I would ask:
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Texture of Beethoven's Symphony Number 8 movement 1
I have been struggling to come up with a conclusion if the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 has a polyphonic texture. But I cannot find a valid reason. Does anyone have any solid ideas of ...
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Polyphony vs Monophony
I am taking a basic music class as an elective and was given a chart to compare monophony and polyphony. The elements within the chart are: Melody, Accompaniment, Harmony, Rhythm of Words, Dynamics ...
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Theories of musical texture
I know the basic distinctions of polyphonic/homophonic/heterophonic/monophonic, but I would be interested in either a formal attempt to describe how to distinguish one from the other, a more fine-...
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What is the texture to this Prelude by J. S. Bach
My piano teacher gave me the following to practice with. It is near on perfect for a beginner as it is only one hand playing, at one time.
Prelude by J. Bach
It got me thinking however. The image ...
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