Re: Snippet: Tie does not appear

[Keith OHara]

Ivan Kuznetsov <ivan.k.kuznetsov <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Why does the tie between the two low E naturals that I have indicated in 
> the snippet below not appear in the notation? 

The two low E naturals are in different voices.
Lilypond only looks within the same voice to complete ties, because 
conceptually 
the tied note must be in the same voice.

Generally we use voiceOne for the highest, VoiceTwo for the lowest, voiceThree 
for the second highest, etc.  In your snippet you could place leaping notes 
from 
g' to e, in voiceThree.
     <<
       s1
     \\
     {  r2. f8 [b8]      }
     \\
     { s2.   g'8. [e,16~]  }
      >>

With complicated music like this, the << \\ >> shortcut might become 
frustrating 
for you.  I think it will be worthwhile to learn to use 
  \new Voice = "highest"   and \context Voice = "highest"
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/learning/explicitly-instantiating-
voices