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Numbered Articulation Guide for Musicians

The document presents a Numbered Articulation System designed to enhance musical expression by categorizing articulations from soft and long to hard and short. It provides a range of articulations, each with specific note-to-space ratios and corresponding articulation types, to guide musicians in their practice. The system encourages experimentation with these articulations, particularly in the context of Arban's exercises.

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Numbered Articulation Guide for Musicians

The document presents a Numbered Articulation System designed to enhance musical expression by categorizing articulations from soft and long to hard and short. It provides a range of articulations, each with specific note-to-space ratios and corresponding articulation types, to guide musicians in their practice. The system encourages experimentation with these articulations, particularly in the context of Arban's exercises.

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Numbered Articulation System

A useful perspective changer and extremes identifier.

These do not represent all possible articulations! Only enough of a start to expand how our mind
views the possible alterations we can make.

Exercise: Practice any piece of music and apply a “numbered articulation” to the entire
exercise. Works particularly well with the basic Arban’s articulation exercises. An example might
be Arban’s #37, with a “Number 4” articulation throughout.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Towards soft and long Towards hard and short

To the upside:

Number 5 - “The Standard note” - Maybe 75% note 25% space, “D” articulation

Number 6 - “The Orchestral staccato” - 60/40 note/space, “D” articulation

Number 7 - “The Commercial staccato” - 40/60 note/space, firm “D” articulation

Number 8 - “The Secco staccato” - 20/80 note/space, “T” articulation

Number 9 - “A Percussive Articulation” - 5/95 note/space, “T” articulation

To the downside:

Number 5 - (same as above)

Number 4 - “Melodic Separation” - 85/15 note/space, “D” articulation

Number 3 - “Portato” - 90/10 note/space, “D” articulation

Number 2 - “Tenuto Slur” - 95/5 note/space, very soft “D” articulation

Number 1 - “Near-Glissando” - 99/1 note/space, “L” articulation

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