Re: Difficulty with a missing tie

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> Am Do., 16. Mai 2019 um 21:01 Uhr schrieb Michael Welsh Duggan 
> <address@hidden>:
>>
>> In the following snippet I run into the problem that the c1 ~ c tie is
>> not recognized.  Does anyone have any idea how I should do this instead?
>>
>> \version "2.21.0"
>> \include "english.ly"
>>
>> {
>>   \new PianoStaff \with {
>>     \consists #Span_stem_engraver
>>   }
>>   <<
>>     \new Staff = "up" {
>>       r2. << {a'4 ~ }
>>              \context Staff = "down" \crossStaff {\stemUp a ~} >>
>>       << a'1 \context Staff = "down" \crossStaff {a} >>
>>     }
>>     \new Staff = "down" {
>>       \clef bass
>>       c1 ~ c
>>     }
>>   >>
>> }
>
> Probably:
>
> \new PianoStaff
>   \with {
>     \consists #Span_stem_engraver
>   }
>   <<
>     \new Staff = "up" {
>       r2.
>       <<
>             { a'4^~ a'1 }
>           \context Staff = "down"
>             %% probably unneeded:
>             \context Voice = "downUp"
>               \crossStaff { a4_~ a1 }
>       >>
>     }
>     \new Staff = "down"
>       <<
>         \new Voice = "downUp" {
>           \voiceOne s1*2
>         }
>         \new Voice = "downDown" {
>           \clef bass
>           \voiceTwo
>           c1 ~ c1
>         }
>       >>
>   >>

Thank you.  That led me to a working solution, which was creating a new
voice for the tied notes in the bass line.

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Michael Welsh Duggan
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