For example, if the music moves up in pitch (gets higher), the composer might put a sign to get louder ( crescendo), with a sign to get quieter ( diminuendo) as the music moves down in pitch (gets lower). Sometimes, though, no phrases are marked and it is up to you as the pianist to work out where the phrases should be.Ĭomposers sometimes include dynamic markings in a phrase to show you how they would like you to shape the music. These can also be legato markings, but not always notes may be marked staccato under a slur. Phrases are usually marked with curved lines (called slurs), indicating that a particular group of notes “belong” together as one musical idea. Musicians need to shape (“phrase”) the music in such a way that is obvious and detectable by the listener.
“where the music comes from”, the context of its composition, and the style of music – e.g. Phrasing relates to the way in which individual notes in a group of consecutive notes are played, and represents the many deviations and adjustments the musician needs to make to bring expression (feelings) to the music, to demonstrate stylistic and cultural awareness (i.e. Phrasing helps to shape the music, and to give it life, form and ‘punctuation’. In classical music, phrases are symmetrical in length, but in modern music a phrase can be any length. Phrases are like musical ‘sentences’, and, a phrase in music expresses a complete idea.
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