Tenuto vs Detache'

October 8, 2010 at 03:08 PM ·

You will get as good answers as possible by looking  up each word on Google.com.

Other than that, getting advice from a professional player or a teacher for the range execution possibilities. It is often a matter of context - and what you want the music to say.

Andy

October 9, 2010 at 12:42 AM ·

 I've never seen the word "tenuto" used in connection with a bow stroke. - Rather it is a suggestion to hold a note a bit extra long, for expressive purposes.  "Detache" (not to be confused with detached bowing) is the name of the bow stroke in which the bow rubs the string, down, up, down, up etc.  For example, the first 16th notes that one encounters in the first movement of the Bach a minor Concerto are generally played with the detache stroke.  There are no silences in a series of detache notes; the bow reverses from up to down, down to up, without stopping.

October 9, 2010 at 06:50 PM ·

I think I know what I was doing wrong,correct me if I am wrong.I was applying pressure to the series of bow strokes,thus creating a tenuto (-) bowing pattern.When playing a series of grouped notes we have a natural tendency to accent the first note of the group.I guess what  the conductor  or composer are saying is don't add any accents, articulation,variations of bow speeds  or pressures  to the first note in a  group or any other note in the group , unless noted otherwise.

Am I right?

October 12, 2010 at 06:54 AM ·

You might have mixed up  the word "tenuto" with  "sostenuto" (sustained) ;which  is  sometimes used  to indicate  the broad singing  détache (also marked with  notes topped with dash)