Slur
The slur or slurs in the notation of music is set when in the interpretation of several tones without breaks are bonded together by music, giving the impression of an unbroken line is created (technical term legato in contrast to the staccato , leggiero , tenuto or portato ).
In music notation, the slur is not only an important means of displaying musical lines, but it also specifies technical conditions. For example, with string instruments, a legato bow over several notes indicates that these respective notes should be played in one bow stroke ( i.e. not detache ). For winds and voices, a legato phrase must be played without a break or without taking a fresh breath.
The slur can sometimes be confused with the phrasing slur, which usually looks the same , when an entire phrase is to be played legato. As a rule, however, it is relatively easy to deduce from the context whether it is a phrasing or legato slur. To avoid confusion, the phrasing slur is also seldom notated as a dashed slur. However, this has never really become common in notation practice.
The tie is also to be distinguished from the tie , with which several notes of the same pitch are connected to form a single, longer tone.
Web links
- How To Legato? (PDF) Frederic Bernard, Composition , Lesson I; Tutorial
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Riemann : Music Lexicon . 1st edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 514 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).