Up-slur is ugly in this case (minimal example)

[James Harkins]

In the second staff, most of the notes within the slur are stem-up, so IMO, it 
looks better with the slur underneath. The opposite is true of the first staff: 
two notes stem down, so the upward slur is better.

\version "2.15.36"  % admittedly not current stable; maybe fixed?

<<
  \new Staff \relative c'' { a2.^"ok" ( b4 c1 ) }
  \new Staff \relative c'' { a2^"ugly as sin" ~ ( a4 ~ a16 b8. c1 ) }
  \new Staff \relative c'' { \slurDown a2^"better" ~ ( a4 ~ a16 b8. c1 ) }
>>

hjh


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