Re: octavating slurs

[David Wright]

On Fri 01 Nov 2019 at 13:51:49 (+0100), Simon Albrecht wrote:
> On 01.11.19 00:10, David Olson wrote:
> > This is for sight-singing fun; I'll hand out a song sheet, we'll
> > spend 2 or 3 minutes on this, once through, then sing something
> > else.
> > 
> > So, for the basses who take the profound option, it would be nice
> > if there was a slur symbol right where their eyes are focused
> > 
> > If it can't be done, we'll live with it...
> 
> It can be done, as David K. wrote. However, I want to say that there
> are good reasons why this isn’t normally done and this is a case where
> LilyPond’s default behaviour shouldn’t be overridden unless one has
> good reasons to break the rule in a special instance. “I like it
> better that way” and “That’s what I’m used to” are (almost) never good
> reasons.
> 
> Also, doing everything to accommodate inexperienced sight-readers can
> often lead to bad conclusions.

You must have many examples, yes?

Cheers,
David.