Hello Knute,
this is a common issue with big slurs. To allow a better shape for the slur
increase the height limit of the slur (grob path Slur.height-limit).
The problem here is that having a single height limit is not able to handle
each possible situation well. What we might try to do is to heuristically try
to guess a good value, depending on the length of the passage, the curve of the
note heads and such.
Cheers,
Valentin
11.02.2022 01:53:45 Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have what I guess is a request for comment on how close this slur is
> to the topmost note. If you engrave this input file...
>
> %%%
> \version "2.23"
> \language "english"
>
> \relative {
> \clef bass
> \key c \minor
> c,16( g' c d ef g c d ef d c g ef d c g) |
> }
> %%%
>
> ...you get a slur that to my eye is much too close to the "ef" in the
> third beat (see attached). What do others think? Is this just a case
> of "LilyPond sometimes doesn't render perfect slurs" or is there an
> algorithm that can be tweaked?
>
> --
> Knute Snortum
