Thank you, Carl; this is exactly what I was looking for.
-- Owen
On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 15:51, Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote:
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> *From: *lilypond-user <lilypond-user-bounces+carl.d.sorensen=
> [email protected]> on behalf of Owen Le Blanc <[email protected]>
> *Date: *Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 8:34 AM
> *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *Ties between distant notes
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> <<
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> \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
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> ~ < e c g >4 | }}
> >>
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> ...
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> < a f d b >4 r \clef bass e16 ~ < e c > ~ < e c a > ~
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> < e c a g > ~ < e c a g >4 |
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> In an effort to come closer to the original, I have tried using
> overlapping slurs:
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> <<
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> \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) | }}
> >>
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> 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
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> (1) How can the slurs be adjusted to be horizontal, as ties would be? and
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> (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.
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> I'd be grateful for any help.
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> Yours,
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> Use tieWaitForNote = ##t
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> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#ties
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> See the snippet “Using ties with arpeggios”.
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> HTH,
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> Carl
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-- Owen
Dr O V Le Blanc
