Re: Newbie question: tie between a and b

[Cameron Horsburgh]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:24:44AM +0100, Gyula P. Szokoly wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   GNU LilyPond 2.10.33, input is at the end. The tie between the two 'a's
> works, but not between a and b. The problem seems to be related to the
> orientation of the stem (i.e. tie between opposite stems) but forcing
> the stem (\stemUp) does not seem to help. I am probably missing something
> trivial...

You certainly are! Ties can only join notes of the same pitch, so a
will only tie to an a on the same line/space. I think you want a slur: 

 a4 ~ a a(  b)

See
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Curves#Curves
for more details. 

> 
>   Any ideas? Same happens with Linux and Win (cygwin, w2000pro) versions.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Gyula
> 
> \book {
>   \paper {
>   }
> 
>   \score {
>     \relative c'' {
>     \time 4/4
>     a4 ~ a a ~ b }
>   }
> }
> 
> 
> 
> \version "2.10.0"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
> 
> 
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