Slurs on beamed octaves?

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Post by miker » Sat May 26, 2018 9:45 pm

Do I need to slur both notes of the beamed eighths?
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Post by motet » Sat May 26, 2018 9:46 pm

Since they're on the same stems, no (in fact, it would look bad, I think).
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Post by Bill Stevens » Sat May 26, 2018 11:23 pm

What instruments, Mike? Much of your stuff is vocal, so the slur above would make sense if there is only one set of lyrics. If it is divisi instruments that might be a different matter.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat May 26, 2018 11:44 pm

The less black you have on the page (without losing any information), the better.

Since there is only one stem, it is redundant to show two slurs. This is spoon-feeding the user to the extreme. Do not insult people's intelligence.
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Post by miker » Sun May 27, 2018 2:46 pm

Bill, it is vocal.

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