Sorry guys -- slurs that don't extend to the final tied note are a
massive pet peeve of mine. For starters, they make it much more
difficult for wind players to decide where to take a breath. Slurs
are not a "fast event" -- slurs indicate phrasing.
- Darcy
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On 15 Mar 2006, at 8:27 PM, John Bell wrote:
Hi Colin
I've done exactly as you describe in similar circumstances, and
always felt slightly guilty about it. I would be enormously
grateful for absolution in the form of the sanction of an
authoritative opinion.
John
On 16 Mar 2006, at 00:41, Colin Broom wrote:
I'm working on a piece at the moment that happens to have some
long notes tied over several bars. Now I know that conventional
wisdom says that if one note is slurred to the next, the slur
should extend from the very first note over/under all of the ties
to the very last note, so, for example, if, in 4/4, I have a note
three whole notes long which then slurs to another note the same
length, the slur should extend across all 6 notes.
However, I'm thinking more and more that over extremely long notes
(often longer than the example above) it looks odd, and it seems
to look better and clearer to my eyes to have the slur just
between the last note of one and the first of the next.
Furthermore, there is part of me that thinks that from one point
of view this makes more sense, as a slur is essentally a fast
event that takes place between two (or more) notes and not across
the entire duration of both (a flimsy argument I'm sure).
I know this goes against what is said in most if not all of the
engraving books, but I have seen it in other scores, and not just
contemporary ones. I'm just wondering if anyone has any
particular opinions about this?
C.
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