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I've come across a marking on a score that I'm not familiar with. Two short diagonal lines slanting left to right up at the very top and end of a measure in both staffs.
They appear on the sheet music for Rhapsody in Blue. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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That's a short break. Imagine you were a singer and had to breathe at this point, that's about how it should be played.
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lptm : In my score, it occurs just before the Grandioso section. Scroll down this page to "Pauses" Is this what you have in your score? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_musical_symbols There, you'll see that it's a particular type of pause, called a caesura , during which time is not counted. In an ensemble or with orchestra, the soloist at this point waits for the conductor to continue. Regards,
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Thank you. That's a great site, Bruce. I will add it to my list of "favorites" for future reference.
I saw The Browns play this rhapsody on a TV show and noticed that one of them was doing a rocking motion (back and forth very quickly) between the first and 8th note of an octave. I thought that perhaps that is what this symbol represented. But, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe that is called a "tremblo" - excuse the spelling.
Again, thanks.
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lctml :
Tremolo is what you're referring to. You will find it on that site that you just added to your favorites.
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Originally posted by loveschopintoomuch:
I saw The Browns play this rhapsody on a TV show and noticed that one of them was doing a rocking motion (back and forth very quickly) between the first and 8th note of an octave. I thought that perhaps that is what this symbol represented. But, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe that is called a "tremblo" - excuse the spelling.
Again, thanks. Yes, you are correct. This symbol denotes the musical technique known to pianists only as the "tremblo." It is, unfortunately, somewhat rare in its usage- composers insert this symbol into scores when the pianist is meant to rock back and forth and appear to tremble with might, fright, poeticism, or insanity. My man Lang Lang has the "tremblo" symbol handwritten all over his music. 
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On, the other hand, so to speak, the tremolo is a very common musical device in classical and romantic music.
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Originally posted by Ms. Lang Lang:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by loveschopintoomuch:
<strong>I saw The Browns play this rhapsody on a TV show and noticed that one of them was doing a rocking motion (back and forth very quickly) between the first and 8th note of an octave. I thought that perhaps that is what this symbol represented. But, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe that is called a "tremblo" - excuse the spelling.
Again, thanks. Yes, you are correct. This symbol denotes the musical technique known to pianists only as the "tremblo." It is, unfortunately, somewhat rare in its usage- composers insert this symbol into scores when the pianist is meant to rock back and forth and appear to tremble with might, fright, poeticism, or insanity. My man Lang Lang has the "tremblo" symbol handwritten all over his music. 
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