"Rubato sufficiently repeated turns into a feature of the rhythm." Please critique
I was thinking about the very idea of rubato the other day and was wondering if repeated rubato truly defeats its purpose.
Rubato sufficiently repeated turns into a feature of the rhythm.
I don't have any rigorous musical training, just some self-education in theory, so I was hoping I could get an informed critique of the validity, veracity or even the limitations of such a statement.
Thank you.
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A rhythm, by definition, is a pattern. If that pattern includes regular rubato, then that becomes part of that pattern.
So yes, it turns into a feature of that rhythm. Could depend, of course, on how regularly it features.
Seems a reasonable comment. One modification is decoration. Modify EVERY time and it becomes 'baked in'.
I don't think there's any deep musical insight required here. It's just a description in plain English.
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