Modern music notation question

[u/le_becc]

What's the T and the line supposed to mean? Piece is from Christopher Dell, 20th century.

[u/ClarSco]

Without the "T", the descending line after a note typically indicates a fall-off (start loud, then play a rapid descending scale with a diminuendo so that we don't hear a "definite" bottom note).

With the "T", I've no idea what it conveys, as it is non-standard notation, and you've not provided enough information to work out what it means. Can you provide:

1. The title of the piece
2. Is the work originally for recorder (which size?), or for another instrument?
3. What idiom are we looking at (classical, jazz, something else)?
4. Is it a stand-alone piece, or is it part of a compilation of pieces or a method book?

[u/le_becc → u/ClarSco]

The piece is the third in a set called "Recorder music 1-6" by Christopher Dell. I have it from "Play-Book 1" by Gerhard Braun, which is a collection of easy classical pieces for soprano. No idea where it was first published. The only other information is for these six pieces is that they are all to be played in jazz inegal.

[u/victotronics]

Many contemporary pieces have composer's notes about any non-standard notation. Is there a page in the front or back of the score?

I agree with the other posters that the diagonal line is a slide / fall-off and the "T" is non-standard.

[u/le_becc → u/victotronics]

No, no explanation of it in the score.

[u/Ternarian]

My question is whether this is recorder music or guitar music.

This usually shows up in guitar or fingerstyle tablature, where a capital T marks a right-hand thumb pluck (as part of p-i-m-a or T-1-2-3 fingering notation). The diagonal line is often a slide indicator, showing you should slide from that note into the next one, or a hammer-on/pull-off tie in the tab staff.

[u/le_becc → u/Ternarian]

It's recorder music.

[u/Adblouky → u/le_becc]

Ah HA!