when to hop

Anselm Lingnau

Message 19852 · 20 Dec 1999 10:28:04 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

M Sheffield <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xx> writes:

> Second question: Assuming that one step corresponds to one bar of music=
,
> how can it be claimed that a skip change starts with a hop? The
> introductory hop occurs on the anacrouse / upbeat just before the first=
bar
> of a tune. From then on, the hop occurs at the end of the bar / end of =
step.

I'd say one step does correspond to one bar of music, even for
skip-change-of-step, only the starts of the steps' bars and the music's
bars don't coincide -- the step starts a bit earlier. This is why you
absolutely need a pick-up note (anacrusis) at the start of your music,
which is something I had to figure out the hard way, to my
embarrassment, near the beginning of my career as a SCD workshop
musician :^(

Anselm
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