Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

[Phil Holmes]

"Nick Payne" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> See below. If I have a tie between the two Gs in the top voice, it
> collides with the beam. If I fake the tie with a slur, it automatically
> avoids the beam.
>
> \version "2.13.58"
>
> \relative c'' {
> << { g'2 ~ g }
>     \\ { s1 }
>     \\ { b,8 g a b ~ b a b a }
>     \\ { g,2 g }
> >>
> }
>
> \relative c'' {
> << { g'2( g) }
>     \\ { s1 }
>     \\ { b,8 g a b ~ b a b a }
>     \\ { g,2 g }
> >>
> }
Have you tested whether it actually avoids the beam better, or if it's not 
just simply placed differently anyway?



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Phil Holmes
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