Reading up in some theory and am drawing a blank (hard to "read" music!)
The author shows two measures of exactly the same notes, and under the first measure states "darker tone", and under the second measure states "brighter tone".
So this is all about coloring the tone. The author says: "...when you modify tone color, an expressive gesture gains even more clout." and "leaving the tone color the same for both volume levels would make a drab effect, but darkening the tone for the forte and brightening it for the piano dramatizes the contrast, drenching it with character". I'll say this, if they guy wrote for a cook book he'd make me mighty hungry.
Anyway, he's drawing a distinction between darkening and brightening the tone as a different adjustment than volume. So, anyone have examples somewhere and how that sounds on a mando?
Thanks,
Patrick
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