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A slur indicates that notes are to be played bound or legato. They are entered using parentheses:
f( g a) a8 b( a4 g2 f4) <c e>2( <b d>2)
Just as with ties, the direction of a slur can be specified with
\slur
DIR, where DIR is either
Up
, Down
, or Neutral
(automatically
selected). The shorthands are also available: by
adding _
or ^
before the opening
parentheses, the direction is also set.
c4_( c) c^( c)
Only one slur can be printed at once. If you need to print a long slur over a few small slurs, please see Phrasing slurs.
\slurUp
,
\slurDown
,
\slurNeutral
,
\slurDashed
,
\slurDotted
,
\slurSolid
.
Some composers write two slurs when they want legato chords. This
can be achieved in LilyPond by setting doubleSlurs
,
\set doubleSlurs = ##t <c e>4 ( <d f> <c e> <d f> )
Snippets: Expressive
Internals Reference: Slur.
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