(12) The castle was no more than a good two hour's walk now, if he kept fast pace and didn't stop. (9) the industrial boom gathered pace (10) I steal with quiet pace (11) She moaned some lame excuse to whoever she was talking with and walked with shaken pace towards the quiet parts of the flat. (8) While ordinary ride-on mowers don't go much faster than walking pace, some versions are clearly anything but pedestrian. (7) The momentum for this initiative has gathered pace following action by a group of French activists including anti-globalisation campaigner Jose Bove. (6) Aroura didn't like the look of them and sped up her pace with larger, faster steps. (5) Emi asked as she tucked down the bill of the hat and began to pace around the room with an exaggerated boyish walk, her shoulders slumped with her hands in her pockets. (3) the children work separately in the classroom at their own pace (4) As the ship neared the island, the captain grew restless and so retreated to the main deck where he could pace out his anxiety. (2) Zalm said that if Bulgaria's economy continues to develop at this pace, interest in it among Dutch people would continue to grow.
#Timing synonym pacing tempo how to#
Over the next few weeks, I will delve more into how to interpret tempo, pacing, and timing, how I teach it, and how I approach it as a performer using specific examples in music.(1) The adjustment will take time and effort but MacDougall believes his improvement has gathered pace in the past fortnight, since he made his first start.
By making distinctions between the three, performers of all levels can experience music time in meaningful and expressive ways. While these are my working definitions of these terms, I always ask students what they think as well. Timing: the placement of particular notes, phrases, cadences, and musical gestures (small picture, can change by moment, mood, interaction, planned out very specifically, but is flexible). Pacing: the pace of that speed (in focus, changes, medium picture, flexible) Tempo: the overall speed (big picture, the musical speed limit, mood, sets the tone) Defining Tempo, Pacing, and Timingīelow is the most basic way I think about it: Once we get the metronome conversation out of the way, we move on to an even more abstract conversation: the difference between tempo, pacing, and timing. Tempo markings indicate the speed, mood, the feel of a piece, and serve as a guide for musical speed and interpretation. Metronome markings are editorial guides for how fast or slow a piece of music should be. Metronomes are tools to keep a musician steady. Here are some of the things we talk through in this conversation about musical time and tools. metronome on top of music with a variety of markings Musical Time and Tools It is a good learning moment that opens the door to a nuanced conversation about musical terms, tools, expression, interpretation, and creativity. I stop them, and we have a conversation about music history, music editing, editions, interpretation, and how metronome marking and tempo are two entirely different things. So, when a student tells me that a Bach Suite movement has a metronome marking, my hand goes up in pause. Beethoven is credited as being one of the first composers to place a metronome marking in his music. The reason this gets to me, is because the metronome as we understand it, was not patented until around 1815. One of my pet peeves is when I ask a student: “What is the tempo?” Then, they spout off a metronome marking. Important Conversationsīefore we make it to this abstract nuanced conversation, we have to get one very important conversation out of the way: the difference between metronome markings and tempo. Their playing has become more nuanced, and their understanding of musical time has expanded. The results have been amazing, and I’ve been really impressed with how my students have changed their relationship with these concepts. I went on a quest to define the three and have my students do so as well. This semester, however, I’ve been obsessed with the ideas of tempo, time, and pacing and how they differ. I even wrote a doctoral document on the subject. Musical time, scheduling time, running time, writing time, practicing time, sleeping time, coffee time…time is constantly on my mind.įor years I thought about temporality in music on a micro level. Today, we have part one: the definitions of tempo, pacing, and timing. Over the next few weeks I will be sharing a three part discussion about musical time and interpretation.
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