Re: slurs/accidentals across barlines

[David Bobroff]

On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 00:03 +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> Erik Sandberg wrote:
> >>The output looks like a pair of tied 'a's but is, in fact a slur from an
> >>a to an a-flat.  To be sure, LilyPond *does* make a visual difference
> >>between slurs and ties, but when reading music the output from the above
> >>will not clearly communicate that the second note is an a-flat.  I think
> >>LilyPond should recognize such situations and force a courtesy
> >>accidental.
> > 
> > 
> > I think this is one of the rare situations where the user should realise 
> > that 
> > a reminder would be a good idea, & add a ! to the as.
> 
> I agree with David on this one. This is not a blatant error, but very 
> insidious: you cannot tell from the output there is an error in the part.
> 
> 

Just wanted to be clear on a point about this.  I said "courtesy
accidental" in my original post.  Bad choice of words on my part as it
could be misleading.  I think it should be a '!' accidental and not a
'?' accidental.  If I were to see '()' around the accidental in the
situation I gave in my example I would say it was wrong.

-David