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Question: How do u play staccato notes that are slurred!?!!?! and "Slide"!?
This years music for regoin band has 16th notes that are triplets and have a staccato marking over them!. yet there are marked as slurred!. how would u play that!? play it all together or make it short!?!?!!?!
also over the slurred line!. is the word "Slide" underlined and goin diagonally upward!. What does that mean!.
so ya i have 2 sets of 16th note triplets that have a staccato marking and a slurred line over that, with the word slide over that slanting upward!.
Please tell me info about this and how to play it!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
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If the slur marking is more than a measure long (say 2, 4, or 8 measures), it is not a slur, but a phrase marking!. And actually, depending on the publisher or the rhythmic patterns, even if it's just one measure it could still be a phrase marking!. Many publishers and composers will write in phrase markings so that the ensemble knows where to breathe and how the dynamics should be laid out!. If this is the case, play the staccato as normal!.
If it truly is a slur, do a light articulation, but still keep the notes separated!. Many people make the mistake of reading "staccato" as short- actually, it means separated!. Just leave some space between the notes, but do not articulate them forcefully!.
The next thing- the "slide"!.!.!. if this is written ABOVE the "slur" line, it is probably referring to the line ABOVE!. Is there a low note, a squiggley line going up and a high note!? This is the notes you start and end on, respectively, and you almost scoop into it!.!.!. there is no articulation as you go from low to high, so it is like the human voice!.!.!. this is hard to explain, so here's a clip what it might sound like!.!.!. at :11seconds to :14 seconds you'll hear (and see) the clarinet slide from a middle line "B" to a high "C" (if I remember right!)!.!.!. http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=yiyc9Ak3E!.!.!.
Now here's one more option: if it is a 20th century piece, sometimes effects are wanted by the composer, but there is no common way to write it!. If they really do mean for the 16th triplets to be part of a slide, but with staccato, it may just mean that you slide as a sound effect, but should be subdividing in triplet 16ths (because of what the rest of the ensemble is doing)!. If this is the case, ask your section leader or the conductor / instructor what you should do!. Until you know for sure, if you want to practice, try a few variations, but be willing (and prepared!) to do something completely different!
Hope this helped, and feel free to email me if you have other questions!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Sometimes the slur mark is used to indicate a phrase!. Is th slur over a few bars!? This is quite common in piano music as well as vocal music, but it does happen sometimes in band music!.
Slide normally means just to gliss between the notes!. Easy if you play tromone, otherwise you just slide between the notes either half valve/fingering or playing chromatically!. You just kinda do something that sounds good in the context!. It would be different if it was a classical type of piece as opposed to a jazz or rock piece!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Slide!? What do you play!? Never heard of that before!.!.!.
But for slurred staccatos, it would generally mean tongue softly!. Because in terms of a set of notes that is slurred, then tonguing them at all is sort of making them staccato!. Does that make sense!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
i'm not sure what instrument you play
for me (a violist) that would mean playing the notes with one bow yet separatedWww@QuestionHome@Com