Re: engraving question - slur across notes sung to different syllabes?

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/2/19 Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden>:
> Am Samstag, 19. Februar 2011, um 16:31:36 schrieb Janek Warchoł:
>> 2011/2/19 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> > It is not unusual to have instruments double some vocal parts and the
>> > slurs might be a playing instruction for them.
>>
>> Maybe, i must ask the composer.
>> Should a dashed slur be used in such a case?
>
> I would use a phrasing slur (i.e. \( .... \) in lilypond), which works fine
> with lyrics.

Yes, there's no doubt i'll use a phrasing slur. I've only thought that
a dashed phrasing slur may be easier to understand for singers.

thanks,
Janek