Re: Loop-the-Loop Ties

[Trevor Daniels]

You -can- make a cubic Bézier "loop-the-loop" by crossing over the two
intermediate points, but then there is not enough control left to achieve
a nice downward shape on the two halves.  Also you would need to tune
every such slur manually, which is quite tedious.

Here's an example which shows what might be achieved:

\relative {
 \override Slur #'control-points =
   #'((1 . -3.5) (6 . -2) (-1 . -2) (4 . -3.5))
 e( e)
}

Trevor


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Subject: Loop-the-Loop Ties


> Good morning list.
>
> Apologies for the cryptic subject header, but what I need to do is
> difficult to express in words.
>
> In short, I need to show two notes tied, where the tie forms a circle
> in the middle, performing a 'loop the loop' before ending at the second
> note. I realise that this probably makes no sense whatsoever, but such
> a tie can be seen in bar 4 and also in the final bar of the following
> link:  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/collectiondisplay.php?
> pageNum_collection=4&totalRows_collection=13&Record_Type=EC&title=The%
> 20Elgin%20Collection&link=other.shtml%23ec
>
> This mark itself is fairly common in Scottish fiddle music and is used
> to indicate that the notes, though tied, should be emphasized
> separately by the bow, so that the two notes can be heard separately by
> the listener.
>
> I am not a great expert on bezier curves and was wondering if it is
> possible to use 'control-points' to do this, or would it have to be a
> new feature request?
>
> Would be grateful for any help, as I don't know of any other way to
> represent this bowing.
>
> - David
>
>
>
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