On 09.08.2006 Martin Banner wrote:
Interesting symbol...if the = had been on the stem of the half notes, I would
definitely say you would perform the half note as 8 sixteenth notes. However,
given that the = is between the first two eighth notes of the measure and the
half note, PLUS, in the two bottom staves that have eighth notes on the 3rd
beat, I would interpret the = to mean perform the half note as 4 equal eighth
notes on that single pitch (the first measure, top staff, would be all eighth
notes, F-A-A-A-A-A).
Although this is not impossible, I somehow doubt it. The standard way to
notate that kind of thing in short hand would be to just put in f and a,
but extend the beam over the whole bar. I have never, even in the most
"abbreviated" manuscripts, seen repeated notes shortened like this.
Johannes
Personally, without having examined this issue in depth and without
having seen the rest of the piece (but with quite some experience in
18th period instrument performance) I would lean towards the mordent
interpretation. It seems that trills are indicated as +. However,
further examination might also come to other conclusions.
Johannes
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