Re: sostenido/bemol

[Christopher A. LaFond]

Manuel wrote:
> > "la nota sostenida más larga"
>
> I would use the masculine here. It could be the longest tenuto note.
> Possibly, an enquiry at RAE's services will shed light upon this.
> Manuel


That was an example culled from an internet site in Spanish. My point 
was that there are easy ways to indicate "sustained" in its various 
other meanings, whereas "sostenido/a" does a fine job at identifying a 
note that is "sharp", IMO. I would prefer to see the shortest possible 
choice used for the most common instance of the word for the sake of 
brevity.

Chris