Re: Slur over single note?

[Flaming Hakama by Elaine]

>> >> It could be a LaissezVibrer tie, but I'm wondering if there isn't
>a
>> >> connection to the next bar. The tie extends so far and touches the
>> >> BarLine at the end of that measure that makes me wonder, but it's
>> >only
>> >> speculation at this point. Given the ending tip's vertical
>position,
>> >> too, it almost looks like it could be a slur. What does the next
>bar
>> >> look like?
>> >
>> >The next bar doesn’t have any partial ties or slurs.
>>
>> But is there an a or any other note that could reasonably be tied or
>slurred to in the next measure?
>>
>> From my experience as editor this really looks like a broken tie or
>slur where the engraver forgot to supply the second part. This happens
>extremely often.
>>
>> Best would be an image of the next system.
>
>Attached. Every bar in the piece looks like the other three bars,
>except for two cadences at which beat 4 is a crochet in the bass.
>So IMHO it's to make sure the note is sustained right through the
>bar, as this movement lacks any pedalling. A tie here wouldn't make
>sense in the context.

Another possible interpretation is that the A whole note should be tied to the eighth-note A in the first chord of the next measure. 

In that view, the error is the omission of the tie in the first measure of the next system.

David Elaine Alt

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