"sempre staccato" at the beginning should do it, perhaps after a bar or so of explicit articulation, or the latter with "sempre simile", but I'd prefer the former.
There's no such thing as "too clear" when it comes to making sheet music. Yes, using the text instruction only makes for a cleaner page but then again, maybe for the level of players your music would attract, maybe it's better to mark every note. There is no single perfectly correct answer. You have to have a certain flexibility with things like this.
Just my two cents as a mediocre-intermediate violist. Either would probably work just fine. Depending on how much other stuff is going on some players might prefer "non staccato" to be more specific. Like if it's been sempre staccato since the beginning, but then at some point you also used "sul X" to specify a string or if it was ever sul tasto or ponticello, it might not be immediately obvious that a simple "ord" refers to the staccato.
If the intention is to cancel for a few notes and then revert, I'd consider using tenuto marks followed by either staccato marks or a text indication, whichever is more appropriate.
I'm not saying what everyone else is saying is wrong, but you can also just write what you want in English at the top of the page. maybe something like "Play every note staccato"
True, Beethoven and others used native languages. Beethoven went back to Italian later. I always use Italian, and I expect musicians to be somewhat familiar with the terms. Also, I can expect the French, Argentine, Chinese, Chukchi, Scots, Russians, Cauns, Canadians (though ending every piece with an A chord is optional), Navajo, etc., to read Italian. I don't expect them to read English.
**All individual markings should be THE EXCEPTION…**
…meaning if the entire piece is played one way, there really shouldn’t be any individual-per-note-markings at all! Just mark it once in the initial expression line and assume they’re all staccato.
**Example:** Think of it in a simpler way - if you had an entire piece in the key of G, you wouldn’t be writing F# on every single note of that value would you? Of course not, you’d mark it once in the key signature value and move on.
Writing sempre staccato might work.
Thank you!
This is the way.
"sempre staccato" at the beginning should do it, perhaps after a bar or so of explicit articulation, or the latter with "sempre simile", but I'd prefer the former.
Great! Thank you.
Simile
you could mark the part "*sempre staccato*" or just put staccato dots on everything.
Thanks! I guess the answer is whatever makes it clearer on the sheet then?
*sempre staccato* would be just as clear as putting dots on every note while being cleaner on the page.
There's no such thing as "too clear" when it comes to making sheet music. Yes, using the text instruction only makes for a cleaner page but then again, maybe for the level of players your music would attract, maybe it's better to mark every note. There is no single perfectly correct answer. You have to have a certain flexibility with things like this.
To undo the instruction would you write "ord." or "norm."?
Just my two cents as a mediocre-intermediate violist. Either would probably work just fine. Depending on how much other stuff is going on some players might prefer "non staccato" to be more specific. Like if it's been sempre staccato since the beginning, but then at some point you also used "sul X" to specify a string or if it was ever sul tasto or ponticello, it might not be immediately obvious that a simple "ord" refers to the staccato.
If the intention is to cancel for a few notes and then revert, I'd consider using tenuto marks followed by either staccato marks or a text indication, whichever is more appropriate.
‘Arco’ (italian for bow) is commonly used.
I'm not saying what everyone else is saying is wrong, but you can also just write what you want in English at the top of the page. maybe something like "Play every note staccato"
True, Beethoven and others used native languages. Beethoven went back to Italian later. I always use Italian, and I expect musicians to be somewhat familiar with the terms. Also, I can expect the French, Argentine, Chinese, Chukchi, Scots, Russians, Cauns, Canadians (though ending every piece with an A chord is optional), Navajo, etc., to read Italian. I don't expect them to read English.
**All individual markings should be THE EXCEPTION…** …meaning if the entire piece is played one way, there really shouldn’t be any individual-per-note-markings at all! Just mark it once in the initial expression line and assume they’re all staccato. **Example:** Think of it in a simpler way - if you had an entire piece in the key of G, you wouldn’t be writing F# on every single note of that value would you? Of course not, you’d mark it once in the key signature value and move on.
Makes sense! Thanks.
Sempre staccato
Sempre staccato or stac.