What does JUST mean? And To. Io.?
Another piece for Distributed Proofreaders. I need help with the meaning of these markings in the score. Thanks!
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To.Io. means Tempo I.
In reply to To.Io. means Tempo I. by mike320
Thanks, Mike! :)
just : Musical meaning is: 'absolute precision'.
like (just intonation) : It is a tuning for the thirds not to clash. In this case the fifths are precisely tuned.
In reply to "just": Musical meaning is: … by Ziya Mete Demircan
Hmmmm.... Precisely tuned on a piano so thirds don't clash....
Piano tuning vs guitar tuning by ear? Tempered tuning vs harmonic tuning ?
Thanks, Ziya. Something new to think about! :)
In reply to Hmmmm.... Precisely tuned on… by judeeylander
"Just intonation" is an example, and another term. I gave it as an example because it contains the same word.
The phrase here is not related to Piano's tune.
just: Every note exactly in the right place.
In reply to "Just intonation" is an… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Ah! Thank you, Ziya! :)
In reply to "just": Musical meaning is: … by Ziya Mete Demircan
Since just is in the dynamic text, I would expect it to refer to the dynamics somehow, perhaps indicating mf (p the second time) exactly, not louder or softer.
In reply to Since just is in the dynamic… by mike320
Good thought, Mike ... thank you! Since MuseScore isn't subject to human performance variables, it will be exactly p the second time around. :)
In reply to Good thought, Mike. Thank… by judeeylander
Except that the composer was writing for humans, not robots, so it needs to make human sense, and there is no such thing as "strictly piano". Usually giusto in Italian means giusto tempo, or strictly in tempo, so this seems a more likely meaning to me. Even when musical directions are not written in Italian, they sometimes really mean the similar-looking word in Italian, not the natural meaning in the composer's language. (Percy Grainger, a racist, wrote things which can only be understood by translating them back into Italian, for example.)
In reply to Except that the composer was… by Imaginatorium
Lucky for us, we are working with a computer's strict sense of timing. No rubato here! Thanks, Imaginatorium. I always appreciate new information and another point of view! :)