Two slurs between the same two chords

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Two slurs between the same two chords

16 years ago

Sorry if I'm not wording this correctly, I'm not particularly well versed in musical vocabulary.

I have two chords, and am attempting to place a slur between the top notes of both chords and another slur between the bottom notes of both chords. The program only lets me place one slur, however. How do I place the bottom slur?

I've included an image to help explain what I'm talking about. The slur in red is the one I am having difficulty placing.

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Sorry if this has already been answered, I waded through a dozen slur problems but couldn't find anything that answered my question.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #1 – 16 years ago

NWC only places the single slur - to get what you are looking for requires layering.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #2 – 16 years ago

Here is how to do it.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #3 – 16 years ago

You should check 'Allow Layering'.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #4 – 16 years ago

Quote from: Srine. E – 16 years ago

You should check 'Allow Layering'.

~~That's a system setting, it isn't saved in the song...~~

<Edit> Thanks to a prod from Warren I did some extra checking and it turns out I've made an error - this setting IS saved in the song. mea culpa

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #5 – 16 years ago

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #6 – 16 years ago

If you lay a ruler vertically across a staff and it passes through 2 slurs, layering will be required to reproduce it.

The nwc attachment shows 2 ways. The second method uses "digital whiteout" on 'Highlight 2' as described <here>.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #7 – 16 years ago

Here is another way. Ms. 2 uses muted, stemless, headless notes without ledger lines on the lower staff. The B on the upper staff uses extra note spacing set at 1 to place the slur better.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #8 – 16 years ago

Quote from: Carl Bangs – 16 years ago

The B on the upper staff uses extra note spacing set at 1 to place the slur better.

Unfortunately, extra note spacing (as used in your example) is incompatible with accidentals and notes on other staves. It also increases the spacing from the previous note/chord/rest for no apparent reason.

I don't use digital whiteout if there is a better alternative but it seems to be the best method when slurs need to end before a stem down.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #9 – 16 years ago

Rick, you've set Highlight 2 to white to produce your digital whiteout. If one hasn't done this, like me, the whiteout turns to greenout, which is not as effective ;-). My digital whiteout color is Highlight 7.

Just thought I should point this out in case someone gets confused. As a long-term fix, since digital whiteout is so useful, perhaps Eric could assign one of the Highlight colors to white as a default. Then we'd all be using the same one.

Cheers,

Bill

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #10 – 16 years ago

Rick,

You're right. The alignment with other staves can be fixed by using note spacing; but there doesn't appear to be any way to fix the accidentals. Digital whiteout does appear to be the best solution. I also use highlight 7 for white.

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #11 – 16 years ago

Which do you like better?

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Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #12 – 16 years ago

I like the second one better. It takes up less space, and it looks like a smile.
But that does not mean that the second one is "correct".

Re: Two slurs between the same two chords

Reply #13 – 16 years ago

They all can be correct. I like the second one, too.
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