OK, the ornament table in New Grove doesn't show
anything exactly like this. There are single
strokes, there are double strokes through the
note stem or above or below the note, and there
are double strokes going in various directions,
some of them with additional doohickies added.
Nor have I ever seen this sign used. (Two
strokes through the stem typically indicates a
slide in the English virginalist repertoire, or
so said the editor of "Fitzwilliam," but it's
always a little chancy to apply keyboard
ornamental signs to other instruments.)
Seeing the context, my first instinct would be to
play a slide. That is, in the first example (and
assuming this is treble clef), start on an F on
the beat, play F, G very quickly, and end on the
A. Two things lead me in that direction. First,
in all 4 examples, the strokes appear to be
placed (or can be interpreted to be placed) a
third below the half note. Second, in all 4
examples, that would duplicate the interval of
the two 8th notes. The Afekt would be to
emphasize, with the ornament, the second beat of
each measure.
The other suggestions that it could indicate an
appoggiatura (a lower one in this case), a
mordent, or a trill of some kind, are also quite
possible. It is the context that suggests the
solution I favor.
What you call a "fluttering" effect is more
likely a "flatement," an ornament unique to
woodwind instruments with open holes, played as a
sort of finger vibrato on the lowest open holes
without actually closing that hole. (A similar
effect, the "pincée," is possible on fretted or
unfretted strings instruments, although in that
case the pitch variation is up rather than down.)
I've never seen any indication that an actual
flutter-tongue effect would have been used in the
baroque, although I wouldn't rule anything out.
There are signs for various kinds of tremolo on
various instruments.
If my guess about the slide is correct, it can be
indicated with the notation I suggested above,
probably two 32nd notes followed by a dotted 8th
tied to a quarter. That would keep a naive
player from playing the grace notes ahead of the
beat. If not a slide, a more standard sign
should be used. If there is no decision, yes, I
would leave it as it is and thus up to the
performer. The "flatement" is not possible on
most modern woodwinds. If you honestly feel it's
a flutter tongue, use a trill extension to
indicate the length and annotate it "flutter
tongue" the first time and just "flutter" after
that.
John
At 11:46 AM -0400 8/9/06, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Christoph Graupner.
Darmstadt Germany from about 1709 to 1760.
On 8/9/06, Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 09.08.2006 Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I placed a sample at
http://www.bytenet.net/kpclow/finale/symbol.jpg
It would also help to know the composer, or at least the country and
year. There was no notation standard during that time.
Johannes
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