<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <!-- header_tag --> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Slurs - GNU LilyPond Notation Reference</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="description" content="GNU LilyPond Notation Reference"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.11"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Curves.html#Curves" title="Curves"> <link rel="next" href="Phrasing-slurs.html#Phrasing-slurs" title="Phrasing slurs"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- Copyright (C) 1999--2007 by the authors Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. 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For details, see <a href="Phrasing-slurs.html#Phrasing-slurs">Phrasing slurs</a>. <p><a name="index-slur-style-966"></a><a name="index-slur_002c-solid-967"></a><a name="index-slur_002c-dotted-968"></a><a name="index-slur_002c-dashed-969"></a><a name="index-solid-slur-970"></a><a name="index-dotted-slur-971"></a><a name="index-dashed-slur-972"></a><a name="index-sytle_002c-slur-973"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDashed-974"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDashed-975"></a> <a name="index-slurDashed-976"></a><a name="index-slurDashed-977"></a> <a name="index-g_t_005cslurDotted-978"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDotted-979"></a> <a name="index-slurDotted-980"></a><a name="index-slurDotted-981"></a> <a name="index-g_t_005cslurSolid-982"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurSolid-983"></a> <a name="index-slurSolid-984"></a><a name="index-slurSolid-985"></a> <p>Slurs can be solid, dotted, or dashed. Solid is the default slur style: <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> c4( e g2) \slurDashed g4( e c2) \slurDotted c4( e g2) \slurSolid g4( e c2) </pre> <p> <a href="../9e/lily-413d0b43.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../9e/lily-413d0b43.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">Predefined commands</h5> <p><a name="index-g_t_005cslurUp-986"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurUp-987"></a> <code>\slurUp</code>, <a name="index-g_t_005cslurDown-988"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDown-989"></a> <code>\slurDown</code>, <a name="index-g_t_005cslurNeutral-990"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurNeutral-991"></a> <code>\slurNeutral</code>, <a name="index-g_t_005cslurDashed-992"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDashed-993"></a> <code>\slurDashed</code>, <a name="index-g_t_005cslurDotted-994"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurDotted-995"></a> <code>\slurDotted</code>, <a name="index-g_t_005cslurSolid-996"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cslurSolid-997"></a> <code>\slurSolid</code>. <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">Selected Snippets</h5> <p><em>Using double slurs for legato chords</em> <p>Some composers write two slurs when they want legato chords. This can be achieved by setting <code>doubleSlurs</code>. <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> \relative c' { \set doubleSlurs = ##t <c e>4( <d f> <c e> <d f>) } </pre> <p> <a href="../c2/lily-37455e84.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../c2/lily-37455e84.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5> <p class="indent"> <p>Music Glossary: <a name="index-slur-998"></a><a href="../music-glossary/slur.html#slur">slur</a>. <p>Learning Manual: <a name="index-On-the-un_002dnestedness-of-brackets-and-ties-999"></a><a href="../lilypond-learning/On-the-un_002dnestedness-of-brackets-and-ties.html#On-the-un_002dnestedness-of-brackets-and-ties">On the un-nestedness of brackets and ties</a>. <p>Notation Reference: <a href="Direction-and-placement.html#Direction-and-placement">Direction and placement</a>, <a href="Phrasing-slurs.html#Phrasing-slurs">Phrasing slurs</a>. <p>Snippets: <a href="../../../input/lsr/lilypond-snippets/Expressive-marks.html#Expressive-marks">Expressive marks</a>. <p>Internals Reference: <a name="index-Slur-1000"></a><a href="../lilypond-internals/Slur.html#Slur">Slur</a>. <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Phrasing-slurs.html#Phrasing-slurs">Phrasing slurs</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Curves.html#Curves">Curves</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> <P> Other languages: <a href="Slurs.fr.html">français</a>, <a href="Slurs.es.html">español</a>, <a href="Slurs.de.html">deutsch</a>. <BR> </P> </BODY></html>