[Tex/LaTex] Adding slurs to words in a text

Question

Friends, I have a special case in which I need to insert slurs (music) in some words in a text. A slur is a curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung legato:

It would be something like this:

These "text" slurs won't be used on very long words.

I thought of using \draw (point) arc (x:y:z), but I'm stuck on how can I obtain the arc lenght for such words. Besides, I have no idea of what to do if there's a line break, though I don't believe this will ever happen.

I don't if there are any specific packages for this purpose. Slurs are common in music, but not in text (at least, on this context). Any ideas?

Answer 1

The bend right option is quite useful for this kind of thing:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\newcommand*\slur[1]{%
    \tikz[baseline=0]{
        \node[anchor=base,inner sep=0,outer sep=0] (A) {#1};
        \path[-] (A.south west) + (\pgflinewidth,0) edge [bend right=20] ($(A.south east)-(\pgflinewidth,0)$);
    }%
}

\begin{document}
Hello world, how \slur{are you}?
\end{document}