But do not be surprised to see composers indicate slurs for more than one note when a repeated note is in the middle. In practical application the same note can never be slurred, for obvious reasons, so a repeated note must always be lightly tongued, which we call legato tonguing. I'm a brass player and taught bass for many years. This is logical, and in theory I like your definition. It there is no slur, you cut the air with your tongue at the beginning of each note. If notes are slurred, then you play them without tonging each note. But a composer or editor may not have confidence that the performer will find the intended phrase, so the mark can be considered educational.As an ex-clarinetist, a slur has a stricter meaning for wind instrument. Actually I think phrase marks are sometimes a little fussy a musician should be able to find phrases without being guided to them. In piano music you may see a "slur," actually a phrase mark, that extends over several measures of common time - too much for one bow or one breath. It depends on the instrument for which the music is intended. Personally I prefer to distinguish between slurs and phrase marks: the bowing or tonguing of slurred notes is pretty specific, as above, but a phrase may necessarily include some changes of bow, etc. Some writers, such as Gardner Read in his authoritative text "Music Notation," treat the two terms as more or less equivalent. The second note is a continuation of the first:Ī slur may be hard to distinguish from a "phrase mark," which looks like a slur but may cover a longer passage and really just indicates that this is one phrase, like a phrase in spoken language. On a keyboard instrument the performer just tries to join those notes smoothly together.Ī "tie" is a similar curved line that joins two notes of the same pitch. On a bowed instrument the bow continues in the same direction on a slur, as much as possible on a wind instrument the note similarly continues without being rearticulated a singer stays on the same syllable. Question: What mark is used to indicate a slur? -J.W.Ī slur is indicated by a curvy line that begins at the first note of the slur group and continues to the last note.
Slurs, Ties, and Phrase Marks Slurs, Ties, and Phrase Marks
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