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Questions tagged [slurs]
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Slurs within slurs
How do I play the slurs with in the larger slur? Can you play this two ways? One big slur or individual slurs?
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What is the difference between two connected slurs and one big slur?
I want to play this piece. This is the third lesson from the Bergmüller Opus 100 book and the piece name is 'La Pastorale'.
There is a slur for these notes: G,B,C,D and another slur for these notes: D,B,D,F,E,D.
When I see a slur on a piano sheet,…
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How to cross staff slurs in lilypond?
\language "english"
global = {
\key c \minor
\numericTimeSignature \time 4/4
}
right = \relative c'' {
\global
< g c d g >1\arpeggio \bar "||"
}
left = \relative c, {
\global
<< \crossStaff {r4 d'8 ( g8 \lt; c8 d8 g8 c,8 d2.)
young
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Lilypond acciaccatura slur position
Lilypond issue: I'm trying to get the slurs in acciaccatura to look like this (generated in Musescore):
Notice that the slur is beneath the grace note. However, Lilypond insists on putting the slur above:
In voice one for the bar in question I…
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Beethoven's Tempest sonata: tie or slur?
I'm learning the Tempest sonata, and I don't know how to read measures 72-73:
In the measure right before the crescendo, that A-C chord with the right hand: is the A sustained while the C is released to hit the B-natural, or are both the A and the…
Sergei Nikolayvich
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What do three layers of slurs mean for violin?
Here's a four-measure excerpt from an arrangement for violin (by Maxim Jacobsen). There are points in the score – two indicated in red here – where there are three slurs in effect simultaneously.
The violin bow only goes in one direction at a…
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Understanding and distinguishing piano slurs and phrases
I'm learning piano and recently encountered slurs and phrases. I'd like clarification on the following that relate to these two ideas.
The book[1] I'm using introduces the idea of phrases, then later introduces slurs:
In vocal music, singing more…
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How do I play what looks like a double legato?
What is this (in the green rectangle)? To me it looks like 2 legatos. How do I play it on the violin?
It's the beginning of the 15th piece, "A-hunting we will go", from the Doflein Method, Volume III.
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Question on 1/4 notes and 1/8 notes on same chord
I have a simple question on the following image. How would I know if the first C is a quarter note or eighth note?
Could this ever be considered a tie between the two C's ?
Additional: This is the 2nd measure of Pomp and Circumstance from the book…
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What does this V-Shaped Slur denote?
It looks like a regular slur, but at an obtuse angle. This example is from Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1, where it connects an F natural to an E. I have only seen this a couple of times, so I'm just kind of curious what it's supposed to mean.
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Should slurs encompass tied notes from before and/or after?
What are the rules when it comes to how a slur handles tied notes set at the start or end of the legato passage? I think it looks nicer when the tied notes are included in the slur, but I don’t know whether it’s correct.
For example, with the tied…
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How to write a slur to nothing in LilyPond?
Just like this:
This is a Piano Staff, the example was created on MuseScore.
The \laissezVibrer slur only creates a small slur.
I don't mind whether the slur crosses the measure or not, I just don't want it to be that short.
This is LilyPond's…
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Legato & Fermata notation on tied notes
I would like to ask two quick things.
If you notate a slur (legato, not a phrase slur) on a tied note, will this include the tie (1.1) or not (1.2)?
If you notate a fermata on a tied note and want them to hold the note longer than notated, which…
Andy
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How can I change slur from above to below notes when switching staff in Lilypond?
I have a music passage that crosses from the bottom staff to the top (in a Grand Staff) with a slur. But, I want the slur to go from above the notes on the bottom to underneath the note on the top staff. Is this possible in Lilypond (version…
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NullVoice is affecting the orientation of ties and slurs in LilyPond
Adding a NullVoice to a staff with two other voices affects the orientation of ties and slurs. Consider the following three Examples and their output:
\version "2.22.2"
<<
\new NullVoice { c } \\
\stemUp { b2~ b} \\
\stemDown { e2~ e…
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