Re: ties and polyphony

[Federico Bruni]

Il 26/10/2011 23:06, J. Boor ha scritto:
> In this file:
>
> http://www.jboor.net/music/polyreel/poly.ly
>
> a second voice begins in the second measure.
>
> I would like there to be a tie between the last E in the first measure and
> the first e4 in the second measure. The only way that I have
> been able to do this is by beginning the polyphony earlier
> and using a skip at the beginning of the second voice.
>
> Is there a better way to do this? The piece doesn't really
> have two voices through out, so I don't want to litter my
> score with rests.

Look at Notation Reference 1.5.2, section "Temporary polyphonic passages".