Hello Knute, Thank you for this tutorial. It is just what I needed to understand how the values work. I had not been able to find something like this in the LilyPond docs, at least not in such a clear and concise form.
I have been able now to tweak the tie to a shape I am happy with. Am Freitag, dem 12.09.2025 um 16:28 -0700 schrieb Knute Snortum: > 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
