Re: Tie question.

[Nick Payne]

On 16/04/12 12:43, Hwaen Ch'uqi wrote:
> On 4/15/12, Xavier Scheuer<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > On 16 April 2012 00:36, Hwaen Ch'uqi<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > Greetings All,
> > >           I am attempting to tie two notes of an arpeggiated chord into the
> > > chord proper. However, one of the ties appears more as a tiny dot
> > > rather than a curve. Can anyone explain the reason for this and offer
> > > a solution? Please find the code below.
> > >           Many thanks.
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know the reason but one solution would be to use something like
> >
> >    \override Tie #'minimum-length = #2
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Xavier
> >
> > --
> > Xavier Scheuer<address@hidden>
> Greetings Again,
>           Many thanks, Thomas and Xavier. I have tried the solution but to no
> avail. I have noticed that, when the same passage is transposed a
> step, the smaller tie is drawn correctly as a curve. There seems to be
> a conflict with the presence of the staff line and the tie. Below is
> my code again, this time showing the successful transposition first,
> followed by the original example without and with the adjustment to
> minimum-length. Thank you in advance for any more help.
> Hwaen Ch'uqi
>
> \version "2.14.2"
>
> \score{
>    \new Staff{
>      \key f \major \time 2/4 \clef treble \relative{
>        \tieDown
>        \set tieWaitForNote = ##t
>        \grace {dis16[ e~ a~]}<c a e>2
>        \grace {cis,16[ d~ g~]}<bes g d>2
>        \once \override Tie #'minimum-length = #3
>        \grace {cis,16[ d~ g~]}<bes g d>2
>      }
>    }
>    \layout{
>    }
> }
Either move the \once \override to immediately before the g~ (because 
that is the tie for which you want to set a minimum length), or remove 
the \once from the override of the Tie length:

\version "2.14.2"

\score{
  \new Staff{
    \key f \major \time 2/4 \clef treble \relative{
      \tieDown
      \set tieWaitForNote = ##t
      \grace {dis16[ e~ a~]} <c a e>2
      \grace {cis,16[ d~ g~]} <bes g d>2
      \grace {cis,16[ d~ \once \override Tie #'minimum-length = #3 g~]} 
<bes g d>2
      \override Tie #'minimum-length = #3
      \grace {cis,16[ d~ g~]} <bes g d>2
      \revert Tie #'minimum-length
      \grace {cis,16[ d~ g~]} <bes g d>2
    }
  }
  \layout{
  }
}