The Incorporation of Irregular Meters in the Elementary Level Piano Repertoire by 20th Century Greek Composers
The Incorporation of Irregular Meters in the Elementary Level Piano Repertoire by 20th Century Greek Composers

Summary/Abstract: Greek composers have created piano sets of elementary level since the first decades of the 20th century. They include a great number of piano pieces that follow the western compositional techniques of classical harmony or of somehow more contemporary sonorities. These are piano collections and cover a variety of musical elements and musical knowledge. In particular, the use of irregular meters can be very attractive to the students as well as to the piano instructor. This paper will present the use of irregular meters in the currently available elementary and early intermediate level piano repertoire by 20th century Greek composers. The task is to give as many examples as possible of randomly chosen piano pieces, which make use of irregular meters. The aim is to reveal the creator’s means for incorporating irregular meters in the rhythmic structure of their piano pieces.

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