Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> writes: > Le samedi 28 octobre 2023 à 21:21 -0400, Samuel Sloniker a écrit : >> How can I format this tie in Lilypond? I'm writing a Lilypond file for an >> existing song; this image is from a scan of a hymnal. > > > If you are having trouble finding the answer to this in the > documentation or Web searches, it's because the term for this bow is “ > slur” (not “tie”). A tie is between two notes having the same pitch, > and makes the second silent so that the first one is effectively > prolonged.
Not every instrument is purely percussive, and even most percussive instruments have some way of ending a note and/or providing for letting it decay naturally. Your description makes it sound as if there is no difference between a rest and a note continued by a tie. -- David Kastrup
