Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

[Nick Payne]

On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote:
> "Nick Payne" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> > See below. If I have a tie between the two Gs in the top voice, it
> > collides with the beam. If I fake the tie with a slur, it automatically
> > avoids the beam.
> >
> > \version "2.13.58"
> >
> > \relative c'' {
> > << { g'2 ~ g }
> >     \\ { s1 }
> >     \\ { b,8 g a b ~ b a b a }
> >     \\ { g,2 g }
> > >>
> > }
> >
> > \relative c'' {
> > << { g'2( g) }
> >     \\ { s1 }
> >     \\ { b,8 g a b ~ b a b a }
> >     \\ { g,2 g }
> > >>
> > }
> Have you tested whether it actually avoids the beam better, or if it's 
> not just simply placed differently anyway?
Yes, the slur really does avoid collisions much better. Here's png 
output from the actual score where I encountered the problem - all 
elements are being placed automatically with no overrides. When using a 
tie, it collides with the beam and the fingering. Replace the ties with 
slurs, and the slur is automatically displaced upwards from its normal 
location to avoid both the beam and fingering.

Nick

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