![]() A phrase mark should mark what a player can play on on breath, so on piano it should at least reflect a wind line. Slurs are only possible on trombone when the pitch goes one way and the slide goes the other. This means that you have to lightly tongue, just like a repeated note to get rid of the gliss. If they are close together and the slide is going the same direction as the pitch, you get a glissando, which normally you flat out do not want. Composers will mark to notes as slurred when they can't be played that way. But do not be surprised to see composers indicate slurs for more than one note when a repeated note is in the middle. In practical application the same note can never be slurred, for obvious reasons, so a repeated note must always be lightly tongued, which we call legato tonguing. I'm a brass player and taught bass for many years. This is logical, and in theory I like your definition. It there is no slur, you cut the air with your tongue at the beginning of each note. ![]() ![]() If notes are slurred, then you play them without tonging each note. As an ex-clarinetist, a slur has a stricter meaning for wind instrument.
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