underlined letter in lyrics

This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 4 months ago by Lindy Walton.

Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

Author

Posts
September 28, 2023 at 3:43 pm #40507

Lindy Walton
Participant

Hi Kathleen.

Is there significance to the underlined letter ‘a’ in this Italian art song? (see attachment)

If so, should it be indicated with a UEB underlined symbol indicator even though it is not English?

Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.

October 2, 2023 at 3:59 pm #40525

Lindy Walton
Participant

I think I answered my own question. It seems that the underlining shows what syllable is blended with the next or previous word. In braille, we show this by using quotation marks, so the underlining is unnecessary. Do I understand this correctly?

Lindy

February 14, 2024 at 3:11 pm #40907

Kathleen
Moderator

Hi Lindy,

So sorry to have taken months – I was never notified about this question!

You are correct, though! The underline shows that the syllables are elided. We enclose the syllables in quotation marks. Then we add dots 12 after the note on which you sing those two syllables.

February 15, 2024 at 10:33 am #40914

Lindy Walton
Participant

Thanks for your reply, Kathleen! The curved line indicating syllable elision is typical and very familiar to me but I had never seen the added underlining before.
Author

Posts

Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.