On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, John Howell wrote: > Crystal wrote: > I see these symbols all the time in the music I use for > >teaching, so this puzzles me. I have been taught that the short line above > >a pitch is called "tenuto", but in my dictionary it is just described as a > >less marked accent.
I've seen situations where the "short line above a pitch" means tenuto, and other situations where it indicates an accent. In organ music of the past century (or so), I generally interpret the marking as a stress of some sort. Since varying the velocity or pressure on organ keys has no effect on the volume of sound, I generally "simulate" an accent of sorts by slightly detaching the note from the one preceding. I don't know if anyone cares (or even if they agree with me). So much of the interpretation of articulations depends on what instrument is playing them, the era, the composer, etc., etc. ... -- Weldon Whipple [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whipple.org _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
