Re: glissando

[Rune Zedeler]

Hi MTB!
First of all there are several issues in you posting that you should 
correct in the future - otherwise we have a much harder time helping you 
 - and remember that we are sitting here for free in our spare time.

1) Always post a FULL (ought to be) working example - complete with 
includes, \score-statement, paper block, etc. DON'T just send the few 
lines that are causing problems - very often the problems are caused by 
somthing far away in you input file - and further more we of course 
wan't to ensure that our solution to your problem works - which means 
that we have to insert all this our selves in order to produce a working 
file.

2) Always state which version of lilypond you use - syntax is changing 
rapidly, and so are semantics.


Well, in your case the problem seems to be that you are changing voices 
in the middle of it all - and as glissandi are created in voice contexts 
it is not possible to create a glissando line from one voice to another 
voice.
A solution could be something like

\score {
    \notes \context Staff {
        \context Voice=VA {
            \stemUp [cis'''8 b'' a'' gis''] [g'' fis'' e'' dis''
            \glissando ]
            <
                { \stemDown fis''4 \stemUp g'8 cis''4 \stemDown [e''8
                a''] fis''}
                \context Voice = VB { a1 }
            >
        }
    }
}


-Rune