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A tie is a curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch. A tie means to hold the note for the combined rhythmic value of the two notes, as if they were one.
- What does the curved line in music mean?
- What does the arc mean in sheet music?
- What is the squiggly line above a note?
What does the curved line in music mean?
A curved line above or below a group of notes tells you those notes should be played legato – smoothly, with no gaps between the notes. A slur is a legato line over a few notes which means they should not be rearticulated.
What does the arc mean in sheet music?
A very common musical marking you will see is called a tie. A tie is drawn as an arc-shaped line connecting two identical notes. ... The pair of tied notes acts as one note with their rhythmic values added together.
What is the squiggly line above a note?
Mordent (sometimes called a “shake”)
If the squiggly line you are looking at is above the note, then we call that a mordent. It is a small squiggly line that is horizontal and placed directly over the note. A mordent is a musical symbol that tells the player to use two notes and play them rapidly together.
