Re: slur crossing bar and time signature change; solved thanks

[jh]

thanks to all for the quick responses and solution.  I tend to find 
where to put ties and slurs confusing (more confusing than my first 
mistyping) so thank you to the addressed and to Brian

On 2021-12-24 13:40, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 24.12.21 um 21:24 schrieb jh:
> >         \time 5/8
> >        \tempo 4 = 86
> >        d8 e fis4 e8
> >        d e4 d8 c\time 6/8
> >        (b4) d8 b a4 \bar "|."
> > when I try to do this the slur does not connect between the c and b4 
> > there is now a slur starting at the b4 and extends until there is 
> > another slur over many measures.
> > Hope there is a solution or at least clarification.
>
> Slurs are attached to notes (and entered after the note, hence
> "post-events"). \time 6/8 is new music occuring at the same time as
> b4, but you can't meaningfully attach a slur to a time signature
> change.
>
> The solution is simple: Attacht the opening slur to your note c, i.e.
> c( \time 6/8 instead of c \time 6/8 (.
>
> By the way, I'd recommend to put the \time 6/8 onto its own line:
>
> \relative c' {
>   \time 5/8
>   \tempo 4 = 86
>   d8 e fis4 e8
>   d e4 d8 c(
>   \time 6/8
>   b4) d8 b a4
>   \bar "|."
> }
>
> Lukas