Fwd: piano music with lilypond

[Jay Anderson]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:25 AM,
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for your example for “tieing” from one Voice to another. I think this
> is a very good example for what I’m struggling with… because, you are
> tweaking here for the entire score ( putting the Tie-engraver from voice to
> the Staff context). I’d have a better feeling if it would be possible to do
> things like that on demand, or better at the very specific place in the
> score where it is needed ;-).
...
> -       Ties from one voice to another
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Voice
>     \remove "Tie_engraver"
>    }
>    \context {
>      \Staff
>      \consists "Tie_engraver"
>    }
> }

In most circumstances you can switch the voice number between the tie
in a single voice:
<<
  {
    \voiceOne
    c4~ \voiceTwo c
  }
  \new Voice
  {
    \voiceTwo
    a4 \voiceOne e'
  }
>> \oneVoice

When this doesn't work I usually fall back to ties between hidden notes.

-----Jay