musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Implementing editorial slurs look

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Since Sep 15, 2026.

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Description

Your idea

I propose to implement these types of slurs styles like every other software notation program out there. For instance, down below there's a pretty good example on the official Dorico page.

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Problem to be solved

I think it will be an important improvement especially for contemporary music engraving capabilities, other than to be useful for editorial markings. It would be a better feature than only having dotted slurs as option

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