Hi Andrew,

That's right, slurs are quadratic beziers and you can adjust the control
points. If you have used Adobe Illustrator it should be clear, for the
bezier curves there are the same.

Possibly more than you need to know, but some nice illustrations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve#Quadratic_B%C3%A9zier_curves

There's a much better slur shaping function called /shapeII available in
openlilylib. It has some small shortcomings or limitations but it is easier
to use and tweak. It has some good ways to specify the control points that
are not absolute coordinates. I think sometimes my scores consist entirely
of calls to /shapeII, so heavily do I use it. It works reliably for me.

Andrew


On 23 January 2018 at 02:12, N. Andrew Walsh <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> Ah, thank you. And I also see that it's in the NR at 5.5.4. Very helpful!
> Am I correct in assuming that (phrasing)slurs are bezier curves, and thus
> the four control points listed for \shape behave the way bezier-curve
> control points do?
>
>
>
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