Notes which are neither detached (gestossen) nor slurred, nor held out, must be sustained for half their value, but if the word ten. appears above them they must be given their full value. These notes are generally quavers and crotchets in moderate and slow tempo, and they must not be played weakly, but with a refined and quite gentle touch. Some of the signs can be interpreted by the fact that they are written out in full in the parts. In this way Reitz has shown the Schleifer (Glide)
The Mordent
