Music Composition DUMmIES

The slur indicates a legato style of connecting the notes. You could play the

same first series of four notes on a single bow stroke, but separate them

slightly. This is called louré(Figure 14-25).

Spiccatois a fast, light staccato produced by bouncing the bow on the string

(Figure 14-26).

Bouncing a group of notes on a single up- or down-bow is called jetè

(Figure 14-27).

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4

3

œ.

≥

œ. œ.

3

œ.

≤

œ

.

œ. œ

≥

œ œ

≤

œ ̇.

≥

Œ

Figure 14-27:

Jetè

(staccato

with slurs)

brings

together

notes into

a single

bowing.

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4

œ

≥

. œ

.

œ. œ

. œ. œ.
œ. œ

.

̇. Œ

Figure 14-26:

Spiccato on

the violin

looks like

a tiny

machine

gun just

overshot

the notes.

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(^4) œ-≤ œ- œ- œ- œ
≥
œ œ≤ œ
̇.
≥
Œ
Figure 14-25:
The little
hyphen-like
dashes
indicate
louré.
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