Gabriel's 3rd option just looks like a typo to me, but I am just a keyboardist.
On Fri, Dec 5, 2025, 4:41 PM Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Knute, I am both a pianist and an early-music singer. > > Of your two options, I think I prefer slur-as-tie-across-clefs. > > But I think the best option might be a third one: a half note that crosses > a bar line. Screenshot: > [image: image.png] > > (LilyPond throws a “warning: barcheck failed.”) > > I’m used to singing editions of Renaissance polyphony in which rhythms > stretch over bar lines, so for me this would be the best option. But I > cannot speak for pianists who aren’t also early-music singers. > > Gabriel >
