Re: Some problems with ties

[Neil Puttock]

On 4 February 2010 22:19, Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 4 February 2010 22:05, Robert Clausecker <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I tried to tie some notes together wichs are in different Voices. That
>> failed. Maybe somebody could help me. This is the score:
>>
>> \relative a' {
>>        <a c a'>16 <c c'>8 <h g'>16 ~ << { g' c, d e } \\ { h8 h } >>
>> }
>
> It is not possible to tie notes from different voices *as it*.
> You have to *tweak* a little, with \hideNotes, \unHideNotes for example,
> like in this snippet: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=150

It is possible if you name the main voice correctly:

\new Voice = "1" \relative a' {
  <a c a'>16 <c c'>8 <h g'>16 ~ << { g' c, d e } \\ { h8 h } >>
}

Alternatively, use explicit voice instantiation:

\relative a' {
  <a c a'>16 <c c'>8 <h g'>16 ~
  <<
    {
      \voiceOne
      g' c, d e
    }
    \new Voice {
      \voiceTwo
      h8 h
    }
  >>
}

>> Additional, the "||:" bar behaves remarkable: In a piano staff, it
>> creates two dots in the center between the two staffs and also at the
>> center of the two staffs:
>>
>> \new PianoStaff { <<
>>        \new Staff { e2' a' \bar "||:" g1 }
>>        \new Staff { d d d d e g e g }
>> >> }
>
> Strange.

This was a bug, but since \bar "||:" is only supposed to be used at a
line break, you wouldn't normally encounter this issue.

Regards,
Neil