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.ten

There is a ten. text over a note. What does that mean. Here it is transcribe into NWC2.

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Bass
|Key|Signature:F#,C#,G#,D#
|Tempo|Tempo:30|Pos:13
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Text|Text:"ten."|Font:StaffLyric|Pos:8
|Note|Dur:8th,Accent|Pos:-5|Opts:ArticulationsOnStem
|Bar
|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb
|Chord|Dur:16th,Triplet=First|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-8
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet|Pos:n-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=End|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=First|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=End|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,ArticulationsOnStem
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

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Reply #1
Most likely intended to mean tenuto.  With the accent, it would be more commonly written as

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Bass
|Key|Signature:F#,C#,G#,D#
|Tempo|Tempo:30|Pos:13
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Note|Dur:8th,Tenuto,Accent|Pos:-5|Opts:ArticulationsOnStem
|Bar
|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb
|Chord|Dur:16th,Triplet=First|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-8
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet|Pos:n-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=End|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=First|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam,ArticulationsOnStem
|Note|Dur:16th,Triplet=End|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,ArticulationsOnStem
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

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Reply #2
I thought it meant tension

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Reply #3
Your guess is as good as mine.  The piece is so slow, though, that tenuto makes sense if the composer thought someone would play an accented note short.

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Reply #4
Tenuto is right. I sometimes even write that down in my own scores, if our MD stresses that a note should be held.

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Reply #5
Rob, what sort of ensemble do you play in?

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Reply #6
What ensemble? Not wanting to disappoint you, but the answer is 'none'. I sing. I can sing either bass or tenor, and quite a high tenor, at that. I am going to do the tenor solo parts of the Armenian Oratory, in April and May. My first real solo performances - although I have had roles in amateur musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar.
I am also quite good at teaching my fellow men their notes.
But... I do not play a single instrument! I only play my laptop, armed with Noteworthy.
Rob.

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Reply #7
I could see from your reference to MD in Reply 4 that you were part of a group, but stuck in the instrumental word, I never thought of choral ensembles.

Ai-yi-yi!  How limited my vision is at times.

 

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Reply #8
It's a bit my 'fault'.
I interfere with everything, and you have seen me at work on symphonies. Is it less than logical that you want to know which part I play? Well, my voice is my instrument - so I have been told repeatedly, so much that I have come to believe it.