Note duration and staccato

Apple charlie this what you mean?

Not quite what I have - here is a two bar extract from the flute part with the offending note in it.

EDIT - helps if I actually hit attach!

oneexample.pdf

what was your question apple charlie?

If you're talking about how releases should be notated on a note, it's usually with a marcato over the note.

This was a discussion in shoutbox on how to notate a staccato when the note is tied. Robin came up with the suggestion that I use a ^ instead.

The variant in your posted pdf is perfectly fine (tied note with a staccato dot on the second). It's commonly used. Especially Brahms used it all the time.

The variant in your posted pdf is perfectly fine (tied note with a staccato dot on the second). It's commonly used. Especially Brahms used it all the time.

That's cool then saves me editing a whole movement :D

I did look this up in a notation book in the library too. All the examples had the dot on the first note rather than the second. Guess that's logical since its one note and the person playing it will see the dot in time.

Having the dot on the first would mean something entirely different to me. I'd actually interpret it as something like portato.

The dot means shortening the note, so it only really makes sense on the second of two tied notes. It's the second one you're shortening, not the first.

An accent, on the other hand, would always go on the first of two tied notes.