Thanks for the response, but as you say, the overall shape of the tie gets lost with the loop.
Would this be horrendous to implement as a new feature, and if it is feasible, how would I go about sponsoring? David. ------- Original Message ------- From: "Trevor Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Sent: 1.8.08, 18:59:54 Subject: Re: Loop-the-Loop Ties You -can- make a cubic Bézier "loop-the-loop" by crossing over the two intermediate points, but then there is not enough control left to achieve a nice downward shape on the two halves. Also you would need to tune every such slur manually, which is quite tedious. Here's an example which shows what might be achieved: \relative { \override Slur #'control-points = #'((1 . -3.5) (6 . -2) (-1 . -2) (4 . -3.5)) e( e) } Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:23 AM Subject: Loop-the-Loop Ties > Good morning list. > > Apologies for the cryptic subject header, but what I need to do is > difficult to express in words. > > In short, I need to show two notes tied, where the tie forms a circle > in the middle, performing a 'loop the loop' before ending at the second > note. I realise that this probably makes no sense whatsoever, but such > a tie can be seen in bar 4 and also in the final bar of the following > link: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/collectiondisplay.php? > pageNum_collection=4&totalRows_collection=13&Record_Type=EC&title=The% > 20Elgin%20Collection&link=other.shtml%23ec > > This mark itself is fairly common in Scottish fiddle music and is used > to indicate that the notes, though tied, should be emphasized > separately by the bow, so that the two notes can be heard separately by > the listener. > > I am not a great expert on bezier curves and was wondering if it is > possible to use 'control-points' to do this, or would it have to be a > new feature request? > > Would be grateful for any help, as I don't know of any other way to > represent this bowing. > > - David > > > > _________________________________________ > Get up to 33% off Norton Security only from Tiscali - > http://www.tiscali.co.uk/securepc > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
