On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM Hajo Bäß <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you so much for your quick answer. My main difficulty is using
> values which work and make sense. I have played around with them, but in
> that case it did not get me somewhere - to the contrary: my slur/tie shape
> got more and more absurd. The only thing I have understood so far is that
> the same values make the slur look different when you apply them do a
> different note. I have seen an example where it looked perfect with "c",but
> strange with the "g" a fourth lower.
>
(I've included the list again in the CC. Remember to Reply-All.)
One thing you can do to help you visualize what is happening with the slur
curve is to change \shape to \vshape. You still have to change the amounts
manually, but you get a better idea of what you're changing.
A few tricks will help you create a slur or tie shape that you want:
(Make sure the following is in a fixed font:)
\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 0))
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | | | | |
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
| | | |
x and y offset of left end-point
| | |
x and y offset of left curve
| |
x and y offset of right curve
|
x and y offset of right end-point
* to move the entire curve up or down without changing its shape, change
all the y offsets the same amount
* to stretch the curve to the left without changing its shape, decrease the
x offsets of the left endpoint and curve by the same amount
* to stretch the curve to the right without changing its shape, increase
the x offsets of the right endpoint and curve by the same amount
* to make the curve arch higher/lower increase/decrease the y offsets of
the two curves
* if the "bump" of the curve is too right to the left, try increasing the
left curve's x offset
* if the "bump" of the curve is too far to the right, try decreasing the
the right curves x offset
The rest is just playing with the values to see what they do.
--
Knute Snortum
