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For questions related to the notational technique of connecting two distinct pitches either in phrasing or articulation. Questions may also necessitate the notation or engraving tags.

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I’m transcribing a piano part. I initially wrote it this way (for clarity). In reality, if you listen to the example, the piano is played legato. Does it make sense to write it as in the first ...
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I’m trying to roughly replicate the notation in the second measure of this image: that is, repeated 8ths written as a tremolo-style subdivided halfnote, with portato indicated by staccato dots and a ...
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Have been away from the piano for several years and have been working on Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 1st movement. When I reach bars 2 and 4 below, do I read the A - Bsharp -A as a phrase or is the ...
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I'm fully aware of the difference between a slur and a tie, but I wonder if there is any guideline about how to place a slur that ends on a (multiple) tied note. Please, consider the following ...
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As you can see in my image, there is a slur going from the second to last triplet to the note that lasts 3 beats. After the repeat, that slur must finish on the very last note that lasts 3 beats after ...
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The two quotations above differ only in that the octave tremolo for the left hand has a slur. I've seen tremolos in piano music both with and without the slur. How would a pianist perform the two ...
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I am learning piano by myself; working on the following passages of Deşifre Çalışması: I can't understand the curves (marked in white) on this page: Can you help me?
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I am learning a new piece on piano and there's a slur between the same note like this: Am I supposed to strike the key twice and use the sustain pedal in between?
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Using LilyPond, I am re-typesetting a score which uses an unusual symbol. Essentially, it is a slur between two adjacent notes, but the slur is mirror-imaged around its longest dimension. ...
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I'm trying to get lilypond to create a slur that ends in multiple alternative endings to a repeat. Here's what I have at the moment: \relative c' { \repeat volta 2 { c d e f( \alternative { ...
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In a piece I have a bunch of: b( es b es b es) b( es b es b es) repeating stuff. I'd like to just copy-paste whatever template and insert the notes once. I could do: \repeat unfold 6 { c d } or: ...
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When looking for this score I see slightly different versions in terms of phrasing/slurs. Bars 7-12 for example here vs Is the 2nd ...
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I encountered this in Mozart KV 310: Should I repeat the C here?
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I am transcribing a manuscript of BWV 1011 (prelude) and there are a few slurs that appear to be a little faint: Is there a way in which the slur opacity can be controlled in LilyPond?
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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, ...
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