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#1016560 - 02/02/07 11:53 AM
Re: Squiggly Arrow Notation Question
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Registered: 01/29/04
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The squiggly bit shows that it is a broken chord, so you play the three notes one after the other in very short succession like an arpeggio. It only applies to the chord that it comes directly before, the first one in this case. The arrow just denotes the direction you break the chord in. Pointing upwards would mean you start on the F, follow it with the D and finish on the top F. An arrow pointing down would mean play it the opposite way around. No arrow usually means play it from bottom to top.
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#1016562 - 02/02/07 03:16 PM
Re: Squiggly Arrow Notation Question
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Registered: 04/24/05
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In the context of what's pictured, the first chord only would be "rolled" from the lowest note to the highest (F~D~F), with the high F played simultaneously with F in the bass. That's the standard way of playing such rolled chords. However, this would be the most plain vanilla kind of playing. A notated rolled chord like this actually gives the player a lot of freedom in how to play it, and you could "roll" the notes in just about any manner you want, in order to give variety to your playing (for example, you might play the bass F and then roll the chord immediately afterwards, and so forth)--in fact, I believe that composers deliberately put in rolled chords in situations where the player is expected to "improvise" a little to give pizazz to his playing (you sometimes hear concert pianists doing this in commercial recordings).
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