Re: tie not working; harmonica midi instrument wanted

[David Kastrup]

Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden> writes:

> On 6 March 2013 18:55, Carl J. Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> A few baby questions. I just started a few days ago with LilyPond.
>>
>> 1. In the second measure, the second tie is good on the .midi
>> playback, but
>> in that measure, the first tie doesn't work, and the notes are played
>> separately, though tied in the visual staff.
>
> Hi,
>
> Looks like issue #3091 to me.  Should be corrected in versions >2.17.12
> (cannot check with LilyPond right now though, sorry)
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3091
>
>> 2. I'm writing a method for harmonica, and I would like to change the midi
>> instrument to harmonica with the hope of getting a non-articulated slur.
>
>   \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harmonica"
>
> Maybe you'll have to add
>
>   \layout {
>     \context {
>       \Voice
>       \remove "Slur_performer"
>     }
>   }

That would not do anything in the \layout block since the \layout block
does not have a Slur_performer in Voice anyway.  It belongs in the \midi
block.

-- 
David Kastrup