Re: Newbie question: tie between a and b

[James E. Bailey]

Am 05.01.2009 um 11:24 schrieb Gyula P. Szokoly:

> 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...
>
>   Any ideas? Same happens with Linux and Win (cygwin, w2000pro)  
> versions.

This is more a music theory question. There's no such thing as a tie  
between two different notes. See the Music Glossary entry on tie.