Hi Peter,
What can I do to avoid the outer slur colliding with the inner slurs?
Code the inner slurs as Slurs and the *outer* slur as a PhrasingSlur, rather than the other way around (as you did):
f4\p\( aes8( des16. c32) | c8.( bes32 aes) g8\) r8 |
As a secondary question, I always find that when I use a \tempo indication, it always seems much too close to the staff. What is the most elegant way of adding some vertical space below the tempo marking? Most of my published music has a bigger gap, even if not much. Is there a way to set this as a default for ALL scores?
I’ve \tweak-ed the padding here, but you can set it in a \layout block and \include that file in all scores if you want(ed):
TheBusiness = \relative b' { \key f \minor \time 2/4 \tweak padding 2 \tempo "Andante Sostenuto" r2 | f4\p\( aes8( des16. c32) | c8.( bes32 aes) g8\) r8 | } \score { \new Staff { \TheBusiness } \layout {} } Hope that helps! Kieren.