Re: textspan

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Frédéric,

> It is funny. I was quite sure to have the solution but I do not
> understand why what I propose does not work: you have to separate
> notes and TextSpan in parallel music expressions.
> Can somebody tell why this does not work?

Because your construct doesn't have two Voice constructs, only two  
expressions in the same Voice.

Instead, try

tsRal = \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "Ral."

\new Score <<
  \new Staff \relative c' { \time 3/4
    << { d2 d4 | cis a2 } \new Voice { \tsRal s2.\startTextSpan s2  
s8 s8\stopTextSpan } >>
  }
  \new Staff \relative c' { \time 3/4
    << { \repeat unfold 12 d8 } \new Voice { \tsRal s2. 
\startTextSpan s2 s8 s8\stopTextSpan } >>
  }
>>

Hope this helps!
Kieren.