On 29.05.2004 16:47 Uhr, d. collins wrote > Thanks, Johannes, but my question was about the shape of ties and slurs: > should they be the same? The only reason I mentioned putting both a tie and > a slur was to compare the shapes. I have the feeling that in some > publications slurs are arched a bit more than ties.
I think you will see both. Some publishers use ties identical to slurs, some use slightly flatter ties, and some also slightly alter the placements. In Finale there is a limit on how similar you can make the two, as both have sligthly different options. Ties avoid stafflines at their center but not at the tips, while slurs avoid stafflines only at the tips. I have a TieMover setting for fixing the tie ends on staff lines. For slur centers I sometimes fix this manually, but since it is only relevant for horizontal slurs it doesn't seem to happen all that often. Otherwise I have pretty much the same shape for ties and slurs, although the placement is a little different (but not as much as to really catch the eye). Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
