You can move slurs and slur handles graphically, allowing you to change the shape and/or angle of individual slurs; for example, to adjust an endpoint relative to an individual notehead. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.
Changing the angle of slurs is useful, for example, if you want one end of a slur to start higher after a system break than its default position, as you can change the rotation of the slur while keeping all slur handles on the slur in the same positions relative to each other.
Prerequisite
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Graphic Editing
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You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.
Procedure
Result
The selected slurs or slur handles are moved. Depending on the handles you selected and the directions in which you moved them, this can change the shape, angle, and/or proportional size of the corresponding slurs. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
The following properties in the Slurs group of the Properties panel are activated automatically when you move the corresponding slur handles:
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Start offset moves the left endpoints of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.
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End offset moves the right endpoints of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.
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Start handle offset moves the left control points of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.
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End handle offset moves the right control points of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.
For example, if you move a whole slur upwards and to the right, all of its handles are moved so all properties are activated. You can also use these properties to change the shape of individual slurs by changing the values in the value fields.
Deactivating the properties resets the corresponding handles on the selected slurs to their default positions.
Example
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