SLUR, in Musical Notation, a curved line drawn over two or more notes, signifying, that these are to be performed in a smooth and connected manner (legato.) When the slur is applied to two notes of the same degree, this generally occurs in what is called a syncopation, i. e. where a note of the accented time of the measure is united with a note of the same name belonging to the unaccented time im-
mediately preceding, thus: