Re: partial chord ties in second alternative

[Marc Hohl]

Patrick Schmidt schrieb:
> hi folks,
>
> is there a way to achieve repeated ties of selected notes of a chord in an alternative 
> ending (apart from using a "polyphonic approach" in a homophonic context)?
>
> e.g.
>
> \repeat volta 2 {
>    <e b e~ g~ b~ e~>1
> }
> \alternative {
>    { <c e g b e>1 }
>    { <c e g b e>1 }
> }
>
> The \repeatTie command can only be used outside of chords which would create an 
> open tie for all the notes of the chord in the second alternative. But here I 
> would like to engrave a repeated tie only for the higher notes (e g b e) of the 
> chord.
>
>   
\repeat volta 2 {
  <e b e~ g~ b~ e~>1
}
\alternative {
  { <c e g b e>1 }
  { << c1 \\ < e g b e>1\repeatTie >> }

works just fine for me. Or is this the "polyphonic approach" you 
mentioned and you just want to avoid?

Marc
> Thanks for any hint!
>
> patrick
>