Re: unterminated tie?

[Colin Campbell]

On 14-06-19 04:01 PM, Marc Weber wrote:
> .ly file:
>
> \version "2.18.2"
> <<
> \context Voice = train_left_medium {
>    \relative c' { g4~ b }
> }
>
> || Processing `sheet.ly'
> || Parsing...
> || Interpreting music...
> sheet.ly|4 col 28| warning: unterminated tie
> ||           \relative c' { g4
> ||                            ~ b }
> || Preprocessing graphical objects...
> || Finding the ideal number of pages...
> || Fitting music on 1 page...
> || Drawing systems...
> || Layout output to `sheet.ps'...
> || Converting to `./sheet.pdf'...
> || Success: compilation successfully completed
>
>
> lilypond 2.16.2 shows the same result so it must be me missunderstanding
> something?
>
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/ties-and-slurs
> clearly says: "A tie is created by appending a tilde ~ to the first note being 
> tied."


I think you want a slur, between *different* pitches, rather than a tie 
between like ones. Your notes then become

{ g4 ( b ) }

Cheers,
Colin

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