I'm working on setting some music which, in the original, contains many
notes which are tied even though they are not "contingent". So, for
example, here is an image of a bar from the original (note the bass cleff
is printed in the wrong position). There is in this passage an arpeggio
tied note by note to the following chord.
I can of course expand all the ties explicitly, which at least produces the
correct midi file, but I find this less clear to read than the original was:
<<
\new Voice { \voiceOne \relative c''' { \stemUp
a4 g2 ~ g4 | }}
\new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative c'' { \stemDown
< f d b >4 r16 e ~ < e c > ~ < e c g > ~ < e c g >4
~ < e c g >4 | }}
>>
...
< a f d b >4 r \clef bass e16 ~ < e c > ~ < e c a > ~
< e c a g > ~ < e c a g >4 |
In an effort to come closer to the original, I have tried using overlapping
slurs:
<<
\new Voice { \voiceOne \relative c''' { \stemUp
a4 g2 ~ g4 | }}
\new Voice { \voiceTwo \relative c'' { \stemDown \slurUp
< f d b >4 r16 e\=2( c\=1( g( s4 < e' c g >4)\=1)\=2) | }}
>>
This is clearer, but the slurs are all at different angles, whereas the
ties should be horizontal, parallel to each other. So, I would like to ask
(1) How can the slurs be adjusted to be horizontal, as ties would be? and
(2) Is there another way of doing this? I wondered about laissez vibrer,
but it doesn't seem easily to allow adjusting the curves to be the right
length.
I'd be grateful for any help.
Yours,
-- Owen
Dr O V Le Blanc
