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Offline wallem19122e

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portato ?
on: August 17, 2011, 10:41:29 PM
If you have a two note slur, and the second note is marked staccato, is that considered portato?
Or, if you have a string of several notes marked staccato with a slur over them, is the very last note to be played staccato or portato? Thank you in advance for your time:)

Offline faulty_damper

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Re: portato ?
Reply #1 on: August 18, 2011, 09:26:25 AM
1. it is to be played staccato.
2. depends upon context/interpretation but generally portato.

Offline jlh

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Re: portato ?
Reply #2 on: August 18, 2011, 10:51:54 AM
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Re: portato ?
Reply #3 on: August 18, 2011, 04:55:29 PM
If you have a two note slur, and the second note is marked staccato, is that considered portato?
Or, if you have a string of several notes marked staccato with a slur over them, is the very last note to be played staccato or portato? Thank you in advance for your time:)

It's pretty simple, I believe. If every note in a slur has a dot they are all portato. If only the last note has a dot, it signifies staccato for that note.
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