Re: Ties within chords inconsistency

[Joram]

Hi,

>> For me the question arises: what to expect from this syntax:
>> \new Voice << { c''^~ c'' } { a'_~ a' } >> ?
>> Two voices in the same voice?
> 
> How would LilyPond start new voices when it's already at bottom level?

Excatly, that was my question.

> When at bottom level, << >> without \\ is just a temporal rearrangement
> tool.

Ok. So after this being confirmed, I wonder why would one use such a
syntax? I mean, you will always find border cases that are still allowed
by the parser but still make no sense and therefore throw warnings for
syntax that would work in a more sensible context.

At first I thought tie directions (^_) would not work without chords,
but they do for single notes, inside chords and for whole chords as I
would expect it.

So, sorry Simon, this is not meant to be rude, it just seems like I
don't understand your problem.

Cheers,
Joram