What's going on with the LH part of this Bolero score?

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14 October 2022, 09:00 PM

ShiroKuro

What's going on with the LH part of this Bolero score?

So, my uncle emailed me to ask me to explain the LH part of this score to him, but I have no idea.

The count doesn't add up, are you supposed to count those three 16th notes like super fast triplets?

Score and video:

They sound here like an uncountable triplet, or almost like a tripled grace note??

TIA!

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14 October 2022, 11:45 PM

RealPlayer

Yes, the 16th note LH groups should have a triplet sign over them. They don’t sound super fast to me in the recording. I only listened to the opening few bars.

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15 October 2022, 05:00 AM

jon-nyc

Interesting. I’ve never heard that transcribed for piano before.

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15 October 2022, 12:28 PM

Axtremus

Yes, triplets.
Don’t try to count precisely, neither you nor your listener is a robot.
Just wing it like a human and it’ll be fine.

15 October 2022, 02:05 PM

ShiroKuro

Thanks everyone!

Ok, I've listened to it more and the LH is definitely countable. "one-triplet, two-triplet, three-and" -- you can really hear it in the video I linked. And he includes a drum track at the end of the video if you wanted to play along, which is cool.

For the record, I would never play this. It sounds like instant tendinitis to my ears! But the guy in the video does a great job, super consistent LH.

My uncle plays (and teaches) jazz guitar btw. I have no idea what his interest in this piece. He does this every now and then, randomly sends me some piano sheet music with a question -- no preamble, no "how are you." It's like "drive by piano questions."

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15 October 2022, 07:11 PM

ShiroKuro

I talked to my uncle again and he said he was wondering if there was some secret knowledge in the score that pianists are hiding from guitarists.

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16 October 2022, 11:43 AM

CHAS

Was once told to play triplets as "trip-ul-let".

16 October 2022, 02:55 PM

ShiroKuro

quote:
Was once told to play triplets as "trip-ul-let".

Yes, I learned that as well. I also learned different words for counting two against three and three against four, but I no longer remember what those are.

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16 October 2022, 10:05 PM

RealPlayer

quote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Thanks everyone!

For the record, I would never play this. It sounds like instant tendinitis to my ears! But the guy in the video does a great job, super consistent LH.

Just relax your left hand. If you want to get tendinitis, try the Schumann Toccata.

Take a listen and you’ll hear why.

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16 October 2022, 10:51 PM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
quote:
Was once told to play triplets as "trip-ul-let".

Yes, I learned that as well. I also learned different words for counting two against three and three against four, but I no longer remember what those are.

If you recall those words. please let me know.