In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>>>> M:4/4 >>>>> |e2(G2 G2)Bc| >>>> Parentheses without a number are used to slur notes. >>> But the notes are the same! >> If you sight-read music in 4/4, it's easier to follow the music if >> the note that falls on the third beat is always notated separately. >> The above example should really have been notated as >> G2-G2 [tied] though, and not as (G2 G2) [slurred]. > >Maybe and maybe not. In some contexts slurring two notes of the same >pitch means "don't change bow direction" to a fiddler, rather than >"continuous bow movement" - there are still two perceptibly successive >notes. > >Some staff notation makes a distinction with different curve shapes >for slur and tie, but you may need to read a lot of fine print to >find it. >
The typographical difference is that ties always go head to head, slurs going towards the stem end of the note (as in chords) go at the stem end or near. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
