On Fri, 2025-09-12 at 16:28 -0700, Knute Snortum wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM Hajo Bäß <ha...@posteo.de> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thank you so much for your quick answer. My main difficulty is > > using values which work and make sense. I have played around with > > them, but in that case it did not get me somewhere - to the > > contrary: my slur/tie shape got more and more absurd. The only > > thing I have understood so far is that the same values make the > > slur look different when you apply them do a different note. I have > > seen an example where it looked perfect with "c",but strange with > > the "g" a fourth lower. > > > > > (I've included the list again in the CC. Remember to Reply-All.) > > One thing you can do to help you visualize what is happening with the > slur curve is to change \shape to \vshape. You still have to change > the amounts manually, but you get a better idea of what you're > changing. > > A few tricks will help you create a slur or tie shape that you want:
> <snip> > The rest is just playing with the values to see what they do. > > -- > Knute Snortum > I haven't tried it myself, but I've read that there is a GUI for this in Spontini https://github.com/paopre/Spontini HTH -- Graham
