"Reinventing" Tactus Inaequalis while Practicing Beethoven's Pianosonata nr.3!
Something funny happened while practicing the last movement of Beethoven's C Major sonata (Pianosonata nr.3 opus 2/3). That movement is written in 6/8, hence the ternary note value in the metronome number by Czerny in this case. Such ternary metronome numbers are representing the so-called tactus inaequalis. A difficult word that might sound boring if you're not familiar with what it is, but in fact a rather easy to understand principle and very practical as well. We use it still daily in fact without often realizing!
So while practicing this movement and checking my tempo, I accidentally started to conduct in the Tactus Inaequalis, not even knowing I was, let alone aiming at it. It was a funny moment, where I suddenly felt really close to that early 19th century generation for a second. A moment worth reconstructing and sharing I thought!
Link to that amazing video on Tactus by Early Music Sources that I quote from in the video: • Tactus and Proportions around 1600
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