Re: Slur and tuplet bracket colliding

[Mike Solomon]

> On Nov 16, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Patrick Hubers <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a situation where slurs and tuplet brackets are colliding. The 
> strange thing is that the slur is placed closer to the notes when no tuplet 
> is present, but with the tuplet the slur is placed higher from the notes, 
> ending up in a collision location. 
> 
> Is there a way to have the slur drawn close to the notes, even when the 
> tuplet is present? Is this slur placement "intended behaviour" or a bug?
> 
> Minimal sample (left slur is problematic, right slur is ok):
> 
> melody = \relative c'' {
> \tuplet 3/2 { c,2( b'4) } r2
> c,4( b') r2
> }
> 
> <dhiiecbb.png>
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Patrick Hubers

Try:

\relative c'' {
  \once \override TupletNumber.avoid-slur = #'ignore
  \tuplet 3/2 { c,2( b'4) } r2
  c,4( b') r2
}

LilyPond will usually try to place the slur outside of a tuplet number, but in 
certain cases (like this one) the output is nicer when avoid-slur is set to 
ignore.

Cheers,
MS