Re: Slur and tie

[Peter Bjuhr]

On 2015-04-21 09:51, Urs Liska wrote:
> > is this correct?
> >
> >    \relative c''' { a,,( e' b' c) ~ c( b a d,) }
> >
> > How is it different from:
> >
> >    \relative c''' { a,,( e' b' c ~ c b a d,) }
> >
> > My musical intuition prefers the second line but the original score
> > reads the first.
>
> The first version isn't technically wrong but rather strange and 
> pointless.
> The second version is definitely preferrable.
> What to do depends on the context of course. In a critical edition I'd 
> use the second version and add an annotation in the report. 

Urs and Joram, I share e your musical intuition. But the practice of 
using slurs have changed over time and is also different for different 
instruments. Perhaps in the given context the slurring makes more sense!?

Best
Peter