Re: Making slurs more visible

[Malte Meyn]

Am 10.08.2018 um 21:42 schrieb Galen Menzel:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a score in which the following measure renders nicely when only 
> the piano line is given:
>
> However, when the vocal line is also given, the slurs above the 
> bass-clef g eighth notes become very hard to see:
>
> Presumably the vocal line alters the spacing of the bass-clef notes, 
> putting enough space between them that lilypond decides to use smaller 
> ties that fit between the note heads, rather than larger ties that span 
> the tops of the note heads. But in this case I find the smaller ties 
> look worse. Is there a simple way to direct lilypond to use the larger 
> ties here?

Slightly off-topic but maybe helpful:

I would not notate the left hand rhythm as

4. 8~ 8 8~ 8 8

but as

4. 8~ 8 4 8

That’s easier to read for the player.