What does this tenuto notation mean? - Music: Practice Theory Stack . . . The two tenuto notes constitute a separate "voice" from the sixteenth notes It's as if two instruments are playing: the melody instrument plays the two dotted eighths; an accompaniment instrument plays the sixteenths The tenuto notes are barred together for clarity that they are "connected" Tenuto means as you say: give each tenuto note its full value The marking is technically redundant
What to do with a tenuto pizzicato note? - Music: Practice Theory . . . The tenuto is meant to convey emphasis (like a light accent or slightly louder dynamic), with the note still a staccato pizzicato In this case why would the staccato marking have been omitted? Have I overlooked anything? What would you do with this notation?
Tenuto, legato and staccato on the same note In the first bars of the Barcarola et Scherzo by Alfredo Casella the piano part has chords with legato, tenuto and staccato signs all together: What is the correct way to play these notes? What co
Ties - is there a distinction between these two notes? The tenuto mark is there to inform the player that the curve connecting the two notes is not a tie but a slur -- a bowing mark This is two notes to be played without reversing the direction in which the bow is traveling In a piece for piano such a tied note with a tenuto sign doesn’t make much sense
What is the proper name of the dash symbol over a note and how . . . - theory According to Wikipedia it's called a Tenuto but my teacher said it's called a "dash" Which one is correct? Or are both names correct? Second of all, how exactly do you play it? I read up on it in wikipedia and it was somewhat confusing Could someone specify with examples exactly how notes with that kind of symbols should be treated?