On 12.06.2018 04:20, Mason Hock wrote:
Since you say that you use \shapeII frequently, I wonder if you ever find that
\shapeII creates an upside-down slur
like in the first example of mt previous message, or that it sometimes causes
systems to appear on top of each oth
er, as below? Are these
Am 12.06.2018 um 11:23 schrieb foxfanfare:
Dummy question: what is the difference in using \shape or \shapeII ?
\shape is a function that has been included into LilyPond at one point,
so it is just available
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/modifying-shapes).
\shapeI
Dummy question: what is the difference in using \shape or \shapeII ?
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Thanks for your response, Andrew.
Since you say that you use \shapeII frequently, I wonder if you ever find that
\shapeII creates an upside-down slur
like in the first example of mt previous message, or that it sometimes causes
systems to appear on top of each oth
er, as below? Are these bugs,
Hi Mason,
I use \shapeII extensively.
I think the point about engraving is that while rules based, it is an art,
and the result depends on the skill and good taste of the user. There is no
definitive 'good slur'. The function therefore has two uses, one to fix
lilypond slurs that are not entirely
\shapeII works very well for tweaking ugly slurs. The only problem is that,
while it is easy to identify "bad" slurs, I find it difficult to determine what
makes a slur "good." It seems that the more time I spend tweaking a slur the
more I overthink it and the less sure I am of how it should loo
