At first I thought "S" was similar to a glissando, but then there's a spot with an S and a glissando. What does the S mean?
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Is this electric bass guitar or acoustic upright bass? If the latter, we need to know whether this is an arco or pizz passage– Carl WitthoftMar 2, 2020 at 16:39
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4I would guess slide.– MattPutnamMar 2, 2020 at 16:44
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1Reminds me of glissando notation where the "gliss." isn't visible over short enough wiggly lines.– DekkadeciMar 2, 2020 at 17:27
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The passage is for Electric bass (and optionally fretless.)– DustonMar 3, 2020 at 14:35
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The S probably means "slide" which is another word for glissando. In your example only one of them has a wavy line but they should probably all have a wavy line. In my music notation program it sometimes happens that the wavy line isn't printed if there is a short distance between the notes in which case only the letter or word is printed. Personally I always write the word "gliss." instead of a single letter, because the term "gliss." makes it clear what is intended. Then if the line (whether straight or wavy) isn't printed I spend some time working with the matter until I manage to get the program to print the line.
answered Mar 9, 2020 at 13:16
The 2 S's in measures 29 and 31 may stand for "Subject" which is a motive which is stated and developed throughout the work.In J.S. Bach's inventions he stated a Subject ( or a motive ) early in each piece which was often associated with a complementary motive called a "Countersubject". The Subject and Countersubject would be recurring often in two-part counterpoint.Another famous "S" motive is developed in Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony...- Da da da Daaa , Da da da Daaa .Just those 4 notes in that one Subject ( motive ) and his 5th Symphony was created. A super theme develops out of 4 simple notes. The Subject = S
