Re: Why will this tie not work?

[Neil Puttock]

Hi David,

You don't need invisible notes for this kind of situation; just use the proper syntax for polyphony, so that the upper voice remains in the main voice context:

<< {
           \grace bf16
           \voiceOne   %make stems point up for this voice after grace note
           cf2  af'4~ | %tie will continue outside polyphonic section
       }
       \new Voice {   %second voice context created without using \\, so that first voice isn't in a new context
           \voiceTwo   %make stems point down here
           cf,2.                  |  
       } >>
       af'8 %this note is now tied, with stem still pointing up
       \oneVoice %return to default voice behaviour
       af[ gf f bf af ] |

Regards,
Neil