Re: ties through parallel construction

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hello,

like Phil already wrote, ties can't change voices. The << ... \\ ... >> 
construct creates two new voices. If you have << { ... } \new Voice { 
... } >> the first part continues the current voice and you can tie notes:
{ <d a'>2 ~ <cis a'> ~ << { \voiceTwo \stemDown <d a'> } \new Voice { 
\voiceOne \stemUp {d'4 cis} } >>}

This can be useful, If there are lyrics to bind (or ties) and only a 
small number of "second-voice" notes. But IMHO Phils solution is more 
readable in most cases - this is just a suggestion to look at lilys 
internals.

ADD: you can use \tieDown or \tieUp to control direction of ties.

Regards,
Jan-Peter

On 11.01.2011 12:11, Father Gordon Gilbert wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the following construction:
>
>         <d a'>2 ~<cis a'>  ~ {<<  \stemDown<d a'>  \\ \stemUp {d'4 cis}>>}
>
> the second "tilde" seems to have no effect.  I want to tie the 'a' in
> the second chord to the 'a' in the third chord in the parallel bar.
> Am I missing something?  How do I tie such a thing through this
> construction?  Everything else about this line seems to work properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon+