John Ruggero wrote:You are most welcome, Knut. The slurs in this music are really wonderful, aren't they? The ones on page 9 are really unusual, used as they are because of the clef change.
Indeed, and a good example where clarifying the line is the objective, rather than avoiding collisions. Similar slurs on page 21 are even better examples, where many probably would have use a normal shape at the expense of such clarification.
The two collections actually are very relevant to the problem presented in this thread. At the bottom of page 14 of book 1 you can see a similar scenario with the slur above (albeit without the tuplet and with the middle staccato dot on the stem side, which I'm not sure is the best solution). Page 9, 2nd system of book 2, on the other hand, presents a kind of turned version of slur on the side of the outer notes, suggested by OCTO and yourself. Notice however that given the context, this is the only sensible placement. Having the slur on the side of the middle note would be quite illogical given the preceding measures.