Re: ties vs. slurs

[Erik Sandberg]

On Sunday 14 March 2004 22.09, GoochRules! wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>       Does lilypond handle "f8( f4)" and "f8~ f4" differently?  Is ...~ ...
> simply a short cut for ...( ...)?  What about "f8( f1)( f2)" vs. f8~
> f1~ f2?

There is a difference in what it means. f8~f basically means f4, while f8(f) 
means that there are two distinct tones.

The two look the same, but there is a difference in midi output. Second, 
things such as lyrics alignment may differ. Third, \tieUp affects ties but 
not slurs, while \slurUp affects slurs but not ties (i'm not sure, but it 
might be the case that the default directions sometimes might vary between 
slurs and ties).

Erik