Re: phrase marks ending on tied notes: first vs last?

[Jeff Olson]

On 5/4/2022 5:58 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 17:30 04/05/2022 -0600, Jeff Olson wrote:
> > What would Elaine Gould do?
>
> "When a final pitch is extended by a series of tied notes, it is 
> acceptable (and a convention) to end the slur with the first whole-bar 
> duration; alternatively, in cramped conditions, with the first tied note.
>
> So she would accept both examples in your first staff, as well as the 
> first example in your second staff - but the second example your 
> second staff only "in cramped conditions". 

Thanks, Brian!  I shall continue to follow The Goulden Rule, now that I 
know what it is.

Jeff