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What does this mean?

Discussion in 'Notation' started by Duncan Formosa, Mar 16, 2022.

  1. #1 Duncan Formosa, Mar 16, 2022
    I've been transcribing the score to back to the future lately and I came across this note with an arrow head. Does anyone know what this is supposed to mean? I tried googling it but every time I tried searching it would come up with accents, marcato etc etc.

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  2. #2 Sylvain Provenzano, Mar 17, 2022
    I found this in Samuel Adler's book :

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  3. #3 Duncan Formosa, Mar 17, 2022
    So in this case, because no string has been specified this part is just doing a run up to the highest string? Interesting, Thanks very much!
     
  4. #4 Paul Poole, Mar 17, 2022
    Arrow noteheads indicate highest or lowest possible indeterminate note, depending on the direction of the arrow. Usually beyond normal polite range, and the pitch shouldn't be slotted. In the VLNS. I bar, they'd finger the Bb on the E-string and slide their finger up to (or near to) the end of the fingerboard.
     
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