Re: Adjusting the shape of the second part of the slur after a break

[Knute Snortum]

That's it, thanks.

Knute Snortum

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On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 9:06 AM, James Worlton <address@hidden> wrote:

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Knute Snortum <address@hidden> wrote:

I have been using \shape to change the appearance of slurs and ties as suggested by this mailing list (thanks!).  One thing I still need to know how to do: when a slur crosses a break, i can control the shape of the first part (before the break) but not the second part (after the break).  Below is how I thought it might works, but apparently is doesn't.

\version "2.18.2"

shapeOne = \shape #'((0.0 . -1.0) (0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . 0.0)) Slur

shapeTwo = \shape #'((0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . 0.0) (0.0 . -1.0)) Slur

\relative c' {

  c4 c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c \shapeOne d ( | \break

  \shapeTwo c ) c c c | c c c c | c c c c | c c c c |

}

Is there a way to change the shape of the slur to the first c in the fifth bar?

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/modifying-shapes#index-_005cshape

Down the page a bit there's a description of how to use \shape in this way. Basically, the format is:

\shape #'(
           (( 0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 1))
           ((0.5 . 1.5) (1 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . -1.5))
         ) Slur

 where the two shape descriptions are the before- and after-break portions of the slur.

James Worlton