Stupid Question (sheet music)

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/10/2005, 9:19 pm

All right, I have sheet music which looks like this, more or less:

I have no clue what this means. Please help. Neither of my parents had any idea what it meant, and I can't find any answers on the interweb. The part that this is supposed to be transcribing, by the way, is The Last Polka, by Ben Folds Five. I dunno if I'm allowed to attach clips of songs, or whatever, but if you have to hear it or something, I have an eight second clip of the section. Help is appreciated.

Post by **faninor** » 7/10/2005, 9:24 pm

Hmm, could you post the clip for me. I have an idea but don't want to sound like an idiot if it somehow turns out to be wrong.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/10/2005, 9:42 pm

'kay. The clip has more than this sheet music does, but I didn't feel like copying the five or six bars of this that would include the whole eight seconds. It was being crazy slow when I tried to attach it, so I just uploaded it to Rapidshare.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2960603/897_ ... 1.wav.html

EDIT: Direct link: http://dl2.rapidshare.de/files/2960603/ ... olka01.wav

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/10/2005, 9:49 pm

So, you're trying to find the notes?

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/10/2005, 9:51 pm

I'm trying to figure out what the heck the black bars represent.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/10/2005, 10:15 pm

Aren't they slurs?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/10/2005, 10:18 pm

Thats an interval....I think. :think:

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 7/10/2005, 10:25 pm

that's a slide. down from the top note through to the bottom.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/10/2005, 10:27 pm

boy I was off.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/10/2005, 10:31 pm

Okay, stupid question #2: what the heck is a slide?

Thank you for answering, everybody (and alexfish).

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/10/2005, 10:33 pm

happeningfish wrote:that's a slide. down from the top note through to the bottom.

Oh so I was right. I just called it a slur, as in what my music teacher used to call it, because we played wind instruments.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/10/2005, 10:35 pm

Waiting to Exist wrote:Okay, stupid question #2: what the heck is a slide?

Thank you for answering, everybody (and alexfish).

On a guitar, when you are playing and you don't lift your finger off the string to switch to a new note. It's called a slide, you slide down. Basically you switch notes, without stopping inbetween.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/10/2005, 10:35 pm

Pick a note, then slide your finger down to another note.

ex: A#/C

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/11/2005, 12:13 am

Aww, it's been so long since I've heard the term "slur". :love:

I miss playing an instrument.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 7/11/2005, 1:30 am

i like doing slides on the clarinet

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/11/2005, 8:10 am

I like playing slides on the ol'jug.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 7/11/2005, 12:33 pm

slides on violin make a beautiful voicelike sound :love:

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 7/11/2005, 1:14 pm

I think the technical term is a glissando isn't it?

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 7/11/2005, 1:39 pm

yes yes that's it. it hurts your fingers on piano if you don't do it right, but it sounds fucking awesome when you do a whole bunch of them in succession.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/11/2005, 1:49 pm

It always hurts my fingers