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gliss notations

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2017-06-08 03:26

The following concerns music in my concert band folder.

I'm asking first about a squiggled straight line, which I've heard called a glissando. It usually appears either leading between two different pitched notes or following a note and pointing down from it. Maybe I've also seen in before a note and pointing up to it.

I've taken this to indicate a sequence of scale notes. Which scale, the scale of the key signature, or chromatic? If a rest follows, how long a sequence should be played? When does the sequence start? Does it take some portion of the time of the preceding note, if any, or the following note, if any?

I've seen this symbol between two notes close together, like clarion B and D, so the sequence is so short it almost seems silly. Maybe this indicates a sort of smear effect by the clarinet section is intended, where the start & end & togetherness of it is only approximate.

Then, what about the curved line symbol, like a slur but steeper? Usually I see this following a note and pointing down from if, but sometimes it leads a note and points up to it. I've taken this to indicate a "lip" slur. I have questions about this similar to the above - how long is it and when should it start / end?

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