Ugly looking slurs

• Mar 27, 2025 - 16:01

MS slurs are sometimes rather ugly per default. In the figure below, I've picked a few examples where I show the Peters original, the MS default and the Lilypond default. From my perspective, the Lilypond default looks much better.
Of course I can change every one manually, but that a lot of work for 5 instruments and a score of 35-40 pages. Is there a possibility to set a parameter or something similar such that the MS default is more appealing, i.e. close to the Lilypond default?

Slurs.jpg


Comments

Seems like it's mostly nested slurs you are concerned with - these are quite rare, but indeed, not laid out well. Feel free to open a feature request on GitHub for better collision detection in those cases.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

I think the major difference between Lilypond and MuseScore is that the slurs in MS have a much higher bending radius so it actually affects normal slurs as well when there is a large pitch difference between the notes, see example below. The Lilypond beding radius is maybe not perfect but closer to what I've seen in Peters, Bärenreiter etc,

Slurs2.jpg

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