questions about chord ties to null and Ped. glyph

[Alex Jones]

Two questions,

I’m trying to write a chord with a tie to null space (see pic below).  I tried

<e g! b e>1 (<>) and only get one slur

then I tried

<< {e1 (<>)} \\ {g! (<>)} \\ {b (<>)} \\ {e (<>)} >>

and the notes are not vertically aligned

suggestions?

Second question: I’m trying to write a dynamic followed by a col Ped. notation.  Its hard to do this with the “sustain” commands, is there a way to get the Ped glyph in a markup?

Thanks!

-akj