I am attempting to play a piece from a Bach Cantata.
I have 2 questions if anyone can answer them.
First off. there are several places with a couple of tied notes.
I am tempted to use pull offs on those as it leaves my fingers in the right place for the next note. Is this ok to do that way?
Second question. There are some, what look like, commas above the staff. some are in perenthesis (sp?) some are not. What do they mean?
Ties continue a note with the same pitch - so if the first note is a C, the second note must be C for it to be a tie. If the second note is something else, the curved line is a slur (if it's just the two notes) or legato phrasing (if it's more than two notes), and you can do it as a pull-off.
The comma is called a breath mark. For wind instruments, it tells you where to take a brief pause for breathing... so you'd phrase it the same way, with a slight pause. The ones in parenthesis are optional.
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