What does this symbol mean in 'This Ole House' printout

[George Rout]

Attached is a pic of a couple of bars of a line printed from BIAB "This Ole House". What does the symbol in the yellow highlight mean please?? It looks like a small "u".

Thanks.

Geo

[Howard Parker]

It means that the 2 notes are picked together, not separately.

The length of the picked note (B) would be the quarter note and the 16th note combined.

I hope this is a clear explanation.

h

[Bryan Daste]

Yes, it's known as a "tenuto tie" or just "tie" in musical notation. It's basically a way to change the duration of a note without messing up the way the rest of the measure looks, or to extend a note across a bar line. Or, in this case, to write a note that is one quarter note plus one sixteenth note in length, which there is really no other symbol for.

Here's a little blurb about it:
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/14

[George Rout]

Hello Howard and Bryan and thank you both. I'm familiar with "ties", but usually they are larger and above the notes. I thought of that, but because of it's small and weird shape and on the bottom, I actually thought it meant something else.

I see in this case there is no room. I feel kind of embarassed about asking the question.

Thanks.

Geo

[Bryan Daste]

Not at all, George! Sorry if I insulted your intelligence in any way.

[George Rout]

Nah, Bryan. I'm actually legally blind (all my life) and, because the tie is so tiny on the printed sheet I didn't even see it until a lady student asked me what it was!!!!!!!!

Geo