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.
My opinion is that if it looks strange to do it that way, do it
differently. As long as the different way is clear and unambiguous it
should be fine.
Conventions are just that -- devices which have worked the best for the
most people over the longest period of time. But they are not
necessarily set in stone without change of revision or alteration when
the situation seems to call for it.
But the clarity is most important, so that some stranger sight-reading
that music shouldn't have any doubt about how to play that passage.
--
David H. Bailey
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