On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Ryan wrote:
I'm waffling back and forth over the need for slurs over fingered
tremolos
in strings. Example: Whole note C, whole note A, three tremolo
beams in
between.
My familiarity with the music tells me that a slur is somewhat
implied, but
I wonder if a slur would help the sight reader. There are a lot of
tremolos
like this in this piece, ranging from the whole note level down to the
eighth note level.
A pair of whole notes linked by tremolo does not require a slur.
This is per Ted Ross, whom I agree with on this point.
Ross also notes there is a trend toward notating a whole note worth
of tremolo not as two whole notes connected by three beams, but
rather two pairs of half notes each connected by three beams (ie,
looks like pairs of beamed 32nd notes, but with open note heads). If
your purpose is to enhance readability for a sight reader, I
recommend this practice.
In this case you do need a slur, because you have two pairs which you
are linking as a single tremolo. Basic rule is if it's a single pair
you don't need a slur, but if it's more than a pair you do.
Caveat: My experience is with piano music, including piano reductions
of orchestra, but not with string parts.
mdl
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