What is dolce in music

I've noticed that in english language cookbooks, the recipes are exact. The cup of wine is a standardized measure. In french cookbooks, it is not the same. A glass of wine, salt, cook in a very hot oven until cooked. So, what glass of wine, a little glass a big glass an in between glass?

How much salt? How hot is a very hot oven? Joined: Jun Up to the interpreter. Cant remember an example now. Usually not loud, smooth, basically that. Its like dynamics my f might not be an f in someone elses eyes. Joined: Jan Pittsboro, NC. I pretty much play dolce softly and expressively, sometimes with the una corda pedal as well.

Boynton Beach, FL. That means you play in such a way that it evokes a feeling of sweetness. Try singing the melody in whatever section is marked dolce and sing it sweetly. There would be a clarity to the sound, not rough, marked, heavy, loud, clipped, etc.

Exactly how you would play this is up to the performer. If you're not sure, try playing the passage in ways that it most definitely isn't "sweet". That will help you narrow down your own definition of sweetly there. A discussion from How do you convey "dolce"? Joined: Aug Land of the never-ending music. I tend to interpret it like Stanza, but I think it also depends on the context Music is my best friend.

Joined: Mar Joined: Dec North Carolina, US. Originally Posted by dolce sfogato. Joined: May When I was young, I played a Chopin Barcarolle that had "dolce sfogato" ; since I was quite ignorant back then, ha, I misread it as "dolce sufocato", so ever since I've frantically tried to softly suffocate the music, to strangle it with a caress.

It didn't seem absurd at the time, since I was quite entranced by the weird words Satie sprinkled all over his pieces. I have so many misunderstandings with all those foreign markings I might write a comic book on that one day. From what I've seen, it's the feeling most people get when they come across this puzzling mark.

Originally Posted by Mostly. Rio de Janeiro. I think this markings are totally relative. It depends on the mood of the piece before and after the particular passage with the "dolce", "sforzando", etc, marks.

What is "dolce" in a particular piece in terms of touch, dynamics, etc, might not be "dolce" in another piece. Originally Posted by Chopinist. San Jose, CA. Joined: Oct Mount Vernon, Georgia Soprano s.

Ah, there's this dispute about Chopin having mistaken it for 'Sfocato', meaning 'dampy', but I agree with everyone here that it's just italian for 'exhaled', like in the voice-business, contrary to f. You have a great program in your signature! I hope to listen one of those some day Originally Posted by dolce sfogato.

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