In Reply to: Vibrato, like trills, is an expressive device; when always "on", the expreession is lost. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on March 19, 2007 at 10:27:37:
I was unable to discover any indication in the article (and I only managed to skim about half of it) that Hurwitz understands the distinction between vibrato as a means of tone production (modern-day practice) and vibrato as an expressive ornament (baroque practice--sometimes called the "close shake" by the 17th English).
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- Bravo! - C.B. 04:33:39 03/20/07 (1)
- And a worthy distinction it is. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:49:57 03/20/07 (0)