Re: ties through parallel construction

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Father Gordon Gilbert" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: ties through parallel construction


> Hi all,
>
> In the following construction:
>
>       <d a'>2 ~ <cis a'> ~ {<< \stemDown <d a'> \\ \stemUp {d'4 cis} >>}
>
> the second "tilde" seems to have no effect.  I want to tie the 'a' in
> the second chord to the 'a' in the third chord in the parallel bar.
> Am I missing something?  How do I tie such a thing through this
> construction?  Everything else about this line seems to work properly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gordon+
>
> --
> Fr. Gordon Gilbert
> Penetanguishene, ON

You can't make ties (or slurs) continue into or out of voice changes - you 
need to arrange it so that all the tied notes exist within a voice, and use 
spacer rests if necessary in the other voice.  Something like:

{
 <<
 { \stemDown <d a'>2 ~ <cis a'> ~ <d a'> }
 \\
 { \stemUp {s2 s2 d'4 cis} }
 >>
}

should do what you want, I think.


--
Phil Holmes