Re: adding decresc breaks barcheck

[Erik Sandberg]

On Tuesday 27 April 2004 05.47, chip wrote:
> I am working on a piece in 3/4 time and have some note stems with two
> notes on them, and have added a decresc. to a half note
>
> <b' gsharp'>4 << <gsharp' e'>2 { s4\> s4\!} >>
>
> but now I want to slur from the first set of notes to the second, but
> when I add the parenthesis it breaks the code -
>
> <b' gsharp'>4( << <gsharp' e'>2 { s4\> s4\!} >>)
>
> causes a parse error: unexpected ')'
>
> How can I slur these and keep the decresc?
> Thanks,

There is a basic difference between polyphony (<< >>) and chords (< >). One of 
the differences is that slur ends only can be attached to chords. So this is 
what you want to do:

<b' gsharp'>4( << <gsharp' e'>2 ) { s4\> s4\!} >>

Erik