Theory Question: Escape Tone, Appoggiatura-- what is a skip?

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat May 12, 2018 9:27 am

What a beautiful flower. Let’s cut it open to see what makes it beautiful. Lol

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Sat May 12, 2018 10:45 am

According to my wife, this is big in piano teaching nowadays because of keyboard layout and that using the term is recent but doesn't know who made it a thing. She agrees that skip is larger than a step and has no additional meaning.

cuttime · Post by **cuttime** » Sat May 12, 2018 10:55 am

The terms appoggiatura and acciaccatura are useful in describing different types of ornamentation, specifically that of the Baroque era.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Sat May 12, 2018 2:02 pm

cuttime wrote:The terms appoggiatura and acciaccatura are useful in describing different types of ornamentation, specifically that of the Baroque era.

You’re opening that can of worms?

Appoggiatura were generally not indicated in Baroque music. You were supposed to follow contemporary performance practice which could differ between regions, countries, performers etc. Although this became more formalized later, it survived into the 1920s with Italian opera.

Still, there are accepted practices. “Ladies and Gentlemen, we are playing Handel. The trill starts above the note.”

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat May 12, 2018 5:01 pm

mikehalloran wrote:...we are playing Handel. The trill starts above the note.”

Not necessarily.

stubbsonic · Post by **stubbsonic** » Sat May 12, 2018 6:16 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:What a beautiful flower. Let’s cut it open to see what makes it beautiful. Lol

You're preaching to the choir.

OTOH, because of the way my brain works, I have analyzed certain things (especially rhythms and harmony) in an almost scientific way, and am able to bring it into my creative life without it "damaging the flower" for me. And I simply wouldn't be able to assimilate those particular bits without using that part of my brain.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat May 12, 2018 7:03 pm

stubbsonic wrote:
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:What a beautiful flower. Let’s cut it open to see what makes it beautiful. Lol
You're preaching to the choir.

OTOH, because of the way my brain works, I have analyzed certain things (especially rhythms and harmony) in an almost scientific way, and am able to bring it into my creative life without it "damaging the flower" for me. And I simply wouldn't be able to assimilate those particular bits without using that part of my brain.

No doubt. I have also dissected many musical works to try and find what makes them appealing (to me at any rate). I've stolen more flowers than I've grown. Wait... what?

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Sat May 12, 2018 7:22 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
mikehalloran wrote:...we are playing Handel. The trill starts above the note.”
Not necessarily.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat May 12, 2018 7:41 pm

Are you leading me on with that appoggiatura?

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