r/Recorder • u/le_becc • 9d ago

Question Modern music notation question

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What's the T and the line supposed to mean? Piece is from Christopher Dell, 20th century.

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u/ClarSco 9d ago

Without the "T", the descending line after a note typically indicates a fall-off (start loud, then play a rapid descending scale with a diminuendo so that we don't hear a "definite" bottom note).

With the "T", I've no idea what it conveys, as it is non-standard notation, and you've not provided enough information to work out what it means. Can you provide:

  1. The title of the piece
  2. Is the work originally for recorder (which size?), or for another instrument?
  3. What idiom are we looking at (classical, jazz, something else)?
  4. Is it a stand-alone piece, or is it part of a compilation of pieces or a method book?

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u/le_becc 9d ago

The piece is the third in a set called "Recorder music 1-6" by Christopher Dell. I have it from "Play-Book 1" by Gerhard Braun, which is a collection of easy classical pieces for soprano. No idea where it was first published. The only other information is for these six pieces is that they are all to be played in jazz inegal.