Re: Accidentals tied over a system break

[Thomas Morley]

2015-10-08 15:40 GMT+02:00 Sven <address@hidden>:
> Reading my way through Behind Bars by Elaine Gould, I'm trying to replicate
> some of the examples in LilyPond. One of them contains a tie over a system
> break:
>
> \version "2.18.2"
>
> \relative c'' {
>   r2. fis,4~ | \break
>   fis8 a16 fis r8 r2 \bar "|."
>   }
>
>
> LP puts a sharp in front of the first f# in measure 2 as well as the second
> one. According to Gould repeating an accidental twice in a bar in close
> succession is redundant (and I think I agree with her). To hide the second
> sharp, I've put \once \override Accidental #'transparent = ##t in front of
> it. Is this the preferred way of doing hiding that sharp?
>
> I don't consider this a bug per se, but maybe LP can programmed to avoid
> repeating accidentals in close succession in upcoming versions?
>
> Sven


Is a tied note with Accidental after line-break "in close succession"?
Opinions differ.

Anyway, the documented method to use:

\override Accidental.hide-tied-accidental-after-break = ##t


Cheers,
  Harm