Sheet Music Question: What is the easiest way to tell the difference between slu

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Sheet Music Question: What is the easiest way to tell the difference between slurred notes and tied notes?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It's really easy. A tied note will be same pitch, a slurred not will not be. Also, to be more technical, the note values will have to match. i.e. you can't have "gaps" in the value between notes. Source(s):
20 years teaching piano Tied notes are the same pitch. Slurred notes are a pitch. If they are the same pitch, there are different notes between them. A slur connects two different pitches and indicates that they should be articulated smoothly and connected. A tie connects two notes of the same pitch, and indicates that the value of the second note should be added to the value of the first note (a half note tied to a quarter note would equal 3 counts). not sure? Because I don't play music. most the other answers are correct but depending on the level you play at, some composers write what looks like a slur over notes to just be a phase and you take a breathe after the phase. I've seen some music with a slur over 4 measures and some of the notes in there are marked staccato. but as a horn player I've also seen notes written as triangles and scwiggley lines marking about what you should do with an odd rip. The easiest way to tell is a tied note will be on the same line. They will be the same note value, for example, if the note is on a B then the following note it is tied to will also be the same B. As far a slurred goes it will go up or down in value but it wont stay on the initial line, for example, you will go from B to C back to B and have a slur connecting them.