Re: tie bow within one voice in parallelMusic not displaying

[Thomas Morley]

Am Fr., 30. Mai 2025 um 19:47 Uhr schrieb <linux@gabriel-striewe.de>:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to convert a composition of mine into notes using lilypond. I am 
> using \parallelMusic. In the right hand system I have two voices. The lower 
> voice (\voiceTwo) plays an E, which has to be bound to the same E in the 
> second bar. However, the tie bow isn’t displayed. Is my syntax wrong? Should 
> I try the development version and come back to the list?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Gabriel

Said E is in different Voices, thus no Tie printed. Actually the same as with:
\new Staff { \new Voice { e~ } \new Voice { e } }

While your code is fixable by using and refering to a named Voice for
the Voice holding said E, your current syntax makes no good use of the
\parallelMusic feature.
I suggest:

\version "2.24.4"

\header {
  title = "Piece of Test"
}

global = {
  \time 3/4
  \key a \minor
}

\parallelMusic right-up, right-down, left {
  \voiceOne <gis d'>2 <a c'>4~ |
  \voiceTwo e2.~ |
  r4 \grace ais,16 b,4 r4 |

  <a c'>2 r4 |
  e2 r4 |
  \grace gis,16 a,4 r4 r |
}

\score {
  \new PianoStaff \with { instrumentName = "Piano" }
  <<
    \new Staff {
      \global
      <<
        \new Voice \right-up
        \new Voice \right-down
      >>
    }
    \new Staff {
      \global
      \clef bass
      \left
    }
  >>
  \layout {}
}


HTH,
  Harm