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Respectfully disagree regarding the scoop. The duration and magnitude are not indicated by the notation, so they need to be contextual. If you are playing in an ensemble, such notation should be discussed or demonstrated with consideration for the piece (in a section, players should be listening to the leads). For example, in dance music of the swing era, scoops may be exaggerated as a feature of the tune, whereas more modern pieces may use scoops more lightly. This is one reason why young musicians that are just learning to scoop a note often sound so wrong.I'm by no means a music notation expert, but if I was answering your question......
Your first example is a "Slide" or a "Glissando". It instructs the performer to begin two or three scale steps below the marked note and "slide" upward—that is, move stepwise diatonically (only using the notes in the key signature you are playing) between the initial and final notes.If there is not a note at the start of the Glissandi, then I believe the amount of "slide" up to the target note is up to the discretion of the player.
Your second example is a "Scoop".
A scoop is a lip slur from about a half-step below into a target note. It's pretty quick and is notated with an ascending curve before the target note. The target notes can be long, short, accented and with marcato.
There are examples all over Google/Youtube/etc.....
Hope this helps.