Re: Ties to nothing

[Erik Sandberg]

Citerar Roland Goretzki <address@hidden>:

> Hello list, hello Tim,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> > In percussion music, it is normal to have a tie to nothing after a cymbal 
> > note, to indicate that the cymbal should be left to ring.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me achieve this effect in lilypond 2.0.3 (lilypond book if
> 
> > that makes any difference)?
> 
> I'm not quite sure, if my solution is what You want, but perhaps try to
> connect the tie with an unvisible note and use polyphony:
> 
>     \stemUp
>      << { \tieDown b1:32~b4~ \hideNotes b4 } \\
>         { \unHideNotes s1 s4
>         \once\override Rest #'extra-offset = #'(0 . 4)
>         r4 }
>      >> r2 \bar "|."

I believe the following also will do the trick, and is closer to what you want:

     b1:32~b4 r4 r2 b1:32~b4~<<\hideNotes b4 \unHideNotes \new Voice r4>> r2 

(it might be that the \new Voice isn't necessary; I don't have lily here to
test)

This should make the hidden b4 belong to the same voice as the preceding note,
and the r4 will belong to an arbitrary new voice. This is in general a bit
better; using << \\ >> instead of just << >> will create new voices implicitly,
which you might not want in more complicated cases.

Erik