Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/04/11 23:33, Phil Holmes wrote: - Original Message - From: "Nick Payne" To: Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote: Have you tested whether i

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Nick Payne" To: Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote: Have you tested whether it actually avoids the beam better, or if it&

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/04/11 22:09, Phil Holmes wrote: "Nick Payne" wrote in message news:4da16be1.7010...@internode.on.net... 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" \relativ

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Phil Holmes
"Nick Payne" wrote in message news:4da16be1.7010...@internode.on.net... 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 }

Re: Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread bruys .
Dear Nick, Looks like a good thing to try, when in difficulty. There isn't any collision avoidance occurring, of course; slurs are usually placed further away from the notes than ties. If you make the middle voices vacant, you can see this. Regards, bruys \version "2.12.3" \relative c'' { <<

Slurs are better than ties at automatically avoiding collisions

2011-04-10 Thread Nick Payne
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'' { << {