Non-MuseScore score question
In the attached, there are simultaneous > hairpins and "cresc." text. Any idea what is actually meant, is it to get louder or softer?
The snip is from IMSLP45497-PMLP04725 page 123 (Die Walküre, Act III Scene I about 12/13 of the way through the scene). The same section in a different score edition (IMSLP341993) has the same concern, so it's not a one-off problem.
My next step is to see how it's approached in recordings, but given the short duration it might not be possible to pick it up.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Comments
Maybe those ain't hairpins but accents?
Mentioning the page number as well would've saved me 5 minutes. Here's a bit larger screenshot including the previous measures for context:
![312264-walkure.png]( "312264-walkure.png")
What is going on is that the cresc. is in effect from the piano two measures before this system up till the forte marking on the next system. But each note within it, is gradually faded from loud to still (so a bit like a slow accent).
Playback effect is something like: p > pp , mp > p, mf > mp, f
In reply to Mentioning the page number… by jeetee
@jeetee, thanks for the help, it certainly makes sense although is a clumsy way to approach it. But, I've seen worse in some Wagner scores.
I did mention Page 123 in the original post; apologies for not making it more obvious.
Again, thanks,
In reply to @jeetee, thanks for the help… by marty strasinger
Ah yes, I stand corrected. I somehow read over the page number and got stuck on the "12/13"ths indication :-p
EDIT: as for notating this, I'd opt to make the cresc a dotted line from the p all the way to the f, showing it in effect over the full length.
In reply to Ah yes, I stand corrected. I… by jeetee
I concur with that approach, along with adding a comment that the original is notated differently.