Re: adjusting vertical positions of start and end of tie

[David Nalesnik]

Hi Werner,

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 5:33 PM Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
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>
> Look at this example
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>   \relative c' {
>     \clef "alto" d'2 \tweak positions #'(8 . 4) ~
>     \clef "treble" d2
>   }
>
> The `\tweak positions` doesn't work – which is kind-of expected.
> However, for this very situation it would be nice if I could change
> the start and end position of the slur manually.
>
> Is there a way to do it, except faking the tie with a slur?
>

I don't find that Tie supports 'positions.  Strange.

You could do this with \shape used as a tweak.  Roughly:

\relative c' {
  \clef "alto" d'2 \shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . 0) (0 . -2)) ~
  \clef "treble" d2
}

Best,
David