On The Importance Of Speed In Musical Performance

Wagner once exaggerated that "the whole task of command is to give the speed accurately".Accurately grasp the speed of the work can accurately display the artistic image of the work and restore the composer's intention.From the perspective of speed of music,this paper briefly expounds the terms of speed and the change of speed,discusses the inseparable relationship between speed and rhythm,and takes the mixed chorus "the river rises and the sand waves" as an example to analyze and discuss the different artistic images and emotional characteristics of each paragraph in the spectrum,so as to reveal the expression of "speed" in the sound This paper summarizes the general law of speed and music performance.