Yes, again, with pianists at this level I think it’s often more about application than ability.
I view pulse as a function of the music. You wouldn’t want the end of HR6 to be anything other than rhythmic, but going through a chopnoct with a rigid beat would be absurd 
, like reading out poetry without vocal inflexion.
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Exactly what I’ve been trying to convey across all these posts =)
The problem with many contemporary pianists is that I either think they have a poor sense of judgement for when pulse is important, or that they don’t adhere to it strongly enough. Usually, it’s as if they simply haven’t thought about it.
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Ahahahah fo tru bezt rhythm mofoz, gud pulze n tazteful rubato iz not enuff
U haff to make da cumpozah zay:
Daiiim I wizh I had written it down lyk dat 
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Yup, but it must be give and take, not take and take.
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Well even there I’m not so sure, I think it is quite reasonable for successive bars to have differing durations, what is necessary is that the listener can perceive that you’re going 1_2_3_4_/ 1__2__3_4_/ 1_2_3_4_, where structure is being maintained but tempo varies.
Rachmaninoff, Richter, Hofmann
To some extent - Horowitz
Worst rhythm? Pozz BARERE.
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Hahah Horowitz haf zum ov da bezt rhythm EVAH
But he haf one habit dat I dont lyk which iz da ‘micropauze’ juz befo leapz n zheeyatz
Da ZIFF iz da oppozite - when a leap or hard zheeyat cummah he actually accel to hit a leap TATUM ztyle 
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Da HO only do dat in techs dat he is uncomfortable in, n when he is past his prime
Da PRIME ho has none of dat. Dat classic Rach 3 with Barbirolli makes da formidable Rach 3 into a helpless gullible 
schoolgirl dat buys yo ass gifts AND blows u
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dizagree metronome give u only tempo not puzle
pulze iz wut make da muzic sound 2/4 2/4 4/4 6/8 9/8 or 12/8
fo metronome every beat iz equal zo it playz at 1/4
alzo for moi good pulze makez da muzic move forward
whereaz ztrict adherence to metronome givez u a zenze of staticity lyk in da playin
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Haha n a zenze ov movin in fuckin REVERZE in da WIM playin 
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Indeed.
In fast tempi, there is always a slightly rhythmic nuance which prolongs certain beats. It is not an iron-clad rhythm, but had quite a bit of deviation from da “metronome”
Da paradox is a strict metronomic rhythm results in a perceived “rushing”, especially at very high speeds.
That being said, some people require practice with the metronome especially for motoric aesthetic sheeyat like parts of da Prokcock 3.
A metronome merely is a curved dick correction device to ensure that you stop pissing on the floor
Hahah I think da METRONOME iz a wikid prax tool but zhudnt influenz yo final interp
da ZIFF clearly practiced da 10-4 wiz metronome
A broken one having an epileptic fit.
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The number of home made definitions with this
Clear 2/4, 4/4 etc in a performance is what I bake together as part of a pianist with a good sense of rhythm
I agree pulse makes the music move forward, but I don’t agree you get a sense for pulse as a listener unless the music is kept in time
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I like Ho rhythm cuz he got a sense for what to emphasize and meter even better because his brain pretty fat he doesn’t fetishize his subdivisions to stay on track so sounds more right than most. That make sense?
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:TATUM:
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da muzic iz kept OVAHALL in tym but fo gud pulze u haff to uze da horizontal dimenzion at leazt A TINY BIT to give impulzion n momentum in da down beatz othahwize da pulze zound WRONG
it can be zubtle enough dat u dun call it “rubato”
even da 
, a 95 vertical mofo uze da horizontal dimenzion A BIT to improve da pulze
tiz enough to make da flow 100 tym mo natural den da or
I iz zorry to zay
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Yeah but you can’t use words arbitrarily like that. I mean where does it come from - if you hold your fingers against your wrist what you’ll feel is pulse. There’s no 3/4, 4/4 etc attached to it - it’s just a pulse. It’s when you apply accents to or “on” that pulse you get time and rhythm.
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