On Tue 19 Jul 2016 at 15:12:37 (-0700), Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote: > > >> >> It could be a LaissezVibrer tie, but I'm wondering if there isn't > > >a > > >> >> connection to the next bar. The tie extends so far and touches the > > >> >> BarLine at the end of that measure that makes me wonder, but it's > > >> >only > > >> >> speculation at this point. Given the ending tip's vertical > > >position, > > >> >> too, it almost looks like it could be a slur. What does the next > > >bar > > >> >> look like? > > >> > > > >> >The next bar doesn’t have any partial ties or slurs. > > >> > > >> But is there an a or any other note that could reasonably be tied or > > >slurred to in the next measure? > > >> > > >> From my experience as editor this really looks like a broken tie or > > >slur where the engraver forgot to supply the second part. This happens > > >extremely often. > > >> > > >> Best would be an image of the next system. > > > > > >Attached. Every bar in the piece looks like the other three bars, > > >except for two cadences at which beat 4 is a crochet in the bass. > > >So IMHO it's to make sure the note is sustained right through the > > >bar, as this movement lacks any pedalling. A tie here wouldn't make > > >sense in the context. > > > Another possible interpretation is that the A whole note should be tied to > the eighth-note A in the first chord of the next measure. > > In that view, the error is the omission of the tie in the first measure of > the next system.
Two errors, in that case. It's engraved as a slur, not a tie. That might not be clear in my tiny attachment, but the OP's shows it. Cheers, David. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
