At 3:06 PM -0500 3/16/06, Christopher Smith wrote:
Oh, I don't think we were talking about terminology at all; we were
discussing what shape slurs should have. I don't think it makes any
difference if they are serving as slurs or phrase marks.
Well, yes, except that a true slur (articulation instruction) could
never cover the number of bars being discussed. A string player (and
admittedly I write as a string player) cannot play 12 bars in one
bow, and a wind player can only play until the next breath is needed.
That's where I distinguish between slur and phrase marking.
I was just saying that I thought it is not necessary to have
perfectly flat parts of slurs, as Mark prefers over long passages,
as they might start to look the same as brackets, staff lines, and
other things that are horizontal flat lines. For me it was a
question of clarity.
But I can tell you that as a trombone player, we generally
articulate EVERY note, slur or not. The slurs are a sound, not a
mechanical instruction, for trombone players.
Exactly my point. Every instrument has its own conventions. And on
trombone you can't always use an alternate position to get a true,
non-articulated slur.
John
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