reading question
Hi
The attached score shows that I have shown 2 tied crotchets in 2 different ways. The trumpets read a minim and the trombones, who have a quaver to play before going into the next bar have tied crotchets. My reasoning was that as the trombones were going to play another note in 'that' bar, it might make it easier to read. However I think I might have transgressed some rule in giving the trumpets a minim which crosses the imaginary mid-point of the bar. (The piece is in 4/4 by the way).
So could someone point out the 'correct' way please as I am clearly not certain.
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Comments
I would use the half note and be done with it.
A half note on beat 2 in 4/4 is always fine, and preferably in any case I can think of. You'd only need the tie if the second note were something other than a half note (e.g., an eighth or a dotted quarter).
BTW, when you have a slur ending on a tied note, the slur needs to end to the last tied note, not stop at the first.
In reply to A half note on beat 2 in 4/4… by Marc Sabatella
Special thanks for the hint on the slur Marc.
In reply to Special thanks for the hint… by onscuba
To add a small qualification to Marc's hint: It is permissible and often neater to slur to the first of a long series of tied notes that fill consecutive measures, particularly if that series includes one or more system breaks.