> Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 20:37:19 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eckart Begemann)
>
> In the following LaTeX2e source file's output I don't like the
> shape of the slurs of the left hand. I think you will
> agree as soon as you have seen them ... :-)
It's an old problem and Daniel Taupin mentioned it short time ago:
(Short) slurs cannot exceed one octave without looking ugly.
> I am quite sure there is some way to improve them
> but I don't know what to tell MusiXTeX to do so.
One way is to have (much) more slur fonts. But I think the more simple
solution is not to exceed an octave when typesetting (short) slurs.
> I tried to use \curve and \midslur with negative numbers
> but this did yield reasonable results (though fascinating ones).
With \curve and \midslur you get always slurs which have a horizontal
middle part - similar to those you get when the starting point and
the ending point differs more than one octave.
In such cases my solution is to lower or raise the starting or ending
point so that they are not more than one octave apart - in your terms:
Instead of
> \def\LHeins#1#2#3#4{\islurd0{#1}\Ibbu0{J}{a}3\qb0{{#1#2#3}}%
> \tslur0{#4}\tqh0{#4}}
> \notes\LHeins{F}{J}{M}{a}\nextstaff\nextinstrument\ha f\enotes
use
\def\LHeins#1#2#3#4#5{\islurd0{#1}\Ibbu0{J}{a}3\qb0{{#1#2#3}}%
\tslur0{#4}\tqh0{#5}}
\notes\LHeins{F}{J}{M}{M}{a}\nextstaff\nextinstrument\ha f\enotes
-- Werner
PS: instead of \LHeins{F}{J}{M}{M}{a} you may write \LHeins FJMMa
and - ceterum censeo - I would prefer: \LHeins F{'C}FF{'A} which
may require some more attention when defining TeX-macros.
