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Slurs

Slurs are tapered, curved lines that join notes to indicate legato articulation and phrasing.

Depending on the context and the instrument to which they apply, slurs can have additional

meanings to simply marking phrases. For example, for wind players, a slur indicates that all the

notes in the phrase are played in the same breath and without re-tonguing or re-articulating any

notes. For string players, a slur indicates that all the notes in the phrase are played legato and

under one bow. For singers, slurs indicate that more than one note is sung to the same syllable.

Slurs both above and below the staff, including a cross-staff slur

Dorico Pro automatically determines the appropriate endpoint position and curvature direction

for slurs based on the notes within their ranges, but you can change this manually. You can also

input any number of nested slurs.

NOTE

Slurs must not be confused with ties, which look supercially similar, but instead join notes of

the same pitch to indicate that they are played as a single note. In that sense, ties are part of

rhythmic notation, while slurs are considered articulation.