Exercises · Terms & Symbols · Music Theory
Dynamics & tempo ladders
Loudness and speed each climb a ladder: pp up to ff, and Largo up to Presto. Put both ladders in order, then read them in music (Handouts 63, 55 and 64).
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- Part 1: the line with its hairpins0:18
- Part 3: the line with its tempo bends0:21
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- 7: ♩ = 1120:11
- 8: ♩ = 500:22
- 9: ♩ = 1840:08
- 10: ♩ = 660:17
- 11: ♩ = 1440:09
- 12: ♩ = 920:13
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