I have a slur that is positioned strangely, because of a sharp in the next beat. Is there a way to correct this?
Rein
Dag Rein, welkom op het Dorico forum (ik gok dat je Nederlands spreekt).
For the benefit of everybody, I’ll change to English.
Yes, sometimes slurs are a bit too eager to avoid accidentals. It’s also becuase your spacing is (nice and) tight.
If you have Dorico Pro, you may adjust the slur in Engrave Mode. Select the slur and you’ll see a few handles. You can move them around using Alt (⌥ on Mac) plus arrow keys. Also press Ctrl (⌘ on Mac) to move in larger steps.
It’s also worth trying if changing settings in Engraving Options → Slurs → Avoiding Collisions might solve it.
Thanks. In Engrave it looks correct. (without changing anything)
You will see differences between how music looks in galley view and page view. That’s normal and to be expected. Provided everything looks good in page view, you’re all set.
I’d emphasis this point: always try to change the defaults first, before thinking about any manual adjustments.
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I’ve encountered the issue in page view plenty of times too, when the spacing is tight. Often, manually increasing the note spacing in that spot by just a hair will fix it, but IMO that should be an adjustment that the software makes on its own. Slurs already have the power to push staves apart vertically, they should also have the power to push notes apart horizontally when otherwise it would be pointing to the wrong note entirely.
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In principle, I agree. At the moment, slurs do not participate in rhythmic spacing considerations, and we decide on their curvature and position after the music has been spaced. It would of course be possible to adjust this, but it would require careful thought and some decidedly non-trivial changes.
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This type of example – where the previous note is actually tucked under the following accidental – at just the right interval to disturb the slur – IMO should be manually widened to produce more normal note spacing – unless one is trying to really cram a system full. I don’t recall seeing this kind of tucking in plate engravings, but on the other hand, I’m glad Dorico can do it, and undoing it is easier than having to force it if you do want it.
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