Piano_Tab Notation; Tie customization

[Philip Bergwerf]

Hello everyone,

I am developing a alternative notation method. Piano_Tab Notation.
(http://www.ambrosepianotabs.com/) Its like you are reading a piano roll
editor with traditional rhytmic notation. This is a variation to the ambrose
pianotab. I dont want to work with colors so i made a system with thick
striped lines on the central c sharp and d sharp.

I dont like the rhytmic notation. Because this notation has one staff you
can use only 2 voices. Otherwise it will look unclear. Well when writing
this: 
<c~ e~ g>4 <c~ e~ as> <c e bf'~> <d~ f bf~> <d g bf>1 \bar "|."
on a Piano_Tab staff you can read what's written but it is very unusual. In
traditional notation you can write 2 different voices in the upper staff and
in this case i have one voice for one hand. so i was thinking about tweaking
the ties. Is it possible in lilypond to make a horizontal straight line
between tied notes? This is what i made:

%%%%BEGIN CODE
\version "2.16.2"
%Piano_Tab template
\language "nederlands"
\header {
 title = "Piano_Tab example"
 composer = "composer"
}

PtStaff =\relative c'' 
{<<{ 
     %v1
     <c~ e~ g>4 <c~ e~ as> <c e bes'~> <d~ f bes~> <d g bes>1 \bar "|."
   }\\{
     %v2
     
}>>}

\score {
  \new PianoStaff \with {
    staffLineLayoutFunction = #ly:pitch-semitones
    middleCPosition = #-6
    clefGlyph = #"clefs.G"
    clefPosition = #(+ -6 7)
  }{
    \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-positions = #'(21 19 16 14 12 9 7 4 
                                                       2 0 -2.8 -3 -3.2 -4.8
-5 -5.2 -8 -10 -12 -15 -17 -20 -22 -24 -27 -29)\time 4/4 << \PtStaff >>}
  \layout {
    \context {
      \Staff
      \remove "Accidental_engraver"
      \remove "Key_engraver"
      \remove "Clef_engraver"
    }
  }
}
%%%%END CODE

Cheers Philip Bergwerf



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