Re: slur syntax

[Michael Hendry]

> On 23 May 2015, at 23:19, Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Yes! Thank you Peter (and Urs), I think now it's clear!!!! 
> 
> Lilypond use a "postfix" syntax. To apply a function 'f' to the note 'a' the
> lilypond syntax is "a \f" and not viceversa. Because the open parenthese is
> like a function (a function that marks the first item) it must be written as
> for all the other function: after the note.
> 
> Of course, everything is possible, and we could make the lilypond parser
> more complex and use the other notation for the slur issue. But this has
> been considered not important :)
> 

…and to be consistent, you’d also have to change the way a tilde is used to 
signify a tie, which current connects the note it follows to the note it 
precedes.

Michael

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