On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Knute Snortum <[email protected]> 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
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