Re: slurs and bars in vocal music

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Freitag, 25. September 2009 16:21:01 schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
> Hi,
> 
> > my editor tells me, in vocal music eights (everything smaller than
> > a quarter)
> > have to be normally unbarred and I should use barred eights instead
> > of slurs.
> 
> That is *not* modern practice... I would *strongly* recommend that
> you try to convince your editor to use modern practice (i.e., beaming
> to the beat, slurring for melismas), which is the current standard,
> not least of all because it's significantly easier for singers to read.

Actually, here in Europe, that is traditional notation and the standard for 
any non-modern pieces! E.g. take any Bärenreiter, Breitkopf, Carus, etc. 
edition and you'll see that all of them use beaming for melismas in the vocal 
voices!

So, for modern music (musical, pop, etc.), slurs might be the standard, but if 
you are used to classical music, the "new" notation is quite confusing and the 
singers will have problems when sight-reading.

Cheers,
Reinhold
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