Improving the practice and performance of contemporary music
Loop A - constructive period 1
Although there are a number of note-diminutions, the tendency in this period is to have note-addition. The rhythmic density is raised during the course of the period. The first half of the bar is shortened from a five 16th roll to one 16th in bar 11b, and afterwards the overall rhythm is diminished until only 32nds are used. Dynamics evolve in crescendo from piano in measure 8 to forte in measure 14. In the repeated measure 15, they move back from forte to piano. No accents are added and the accents in the beginning of the period are quickly abandoned. The phrasing is not affected much. The melodic curve evolves from the quite capricious main motif in measure 7 to a quite fluent curve in measure 14b-15. In measure 15 the tempo is lowered over 6 repetitions from 84 to 63 bpm.