#### 3.7.2 Phrasing slurs

A phrasing slur (or phrasing mark) connects chords and is used to indicate a musical sentence. It is started using `\(` and `\)` respectively

>          \time 6/4 c'\( d( e) f( e)  d\)

Typographically, the phrasing slur behaves almost exactly like a normal slur. However, they are treated as different objects. A `\slurUp` will have no effect on a phrasing slur; instead, you should use `\phrasingSlurUp`, `\phrasingSlurDown`, and `\phrasingSlurBoth`.

The commands `\slurUp`, `\slurDown`, and `\slurBoth` will only affect normal slurs and not phrasing slurs.

##### Predefined commands

`\phrasingSlurUp`, `\phrasingSlurDown`, `\phrasingSlurBoth`.

##### See also

Program reference: see also PhrasingSlur, and PhrasingSlurEvent.

##### Bugs

Phrasing slurs have the same limitations in their formatting as normal slurs. Putting phrasing slurs over rests leads to spurious warnings.

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