Re: Curious thing about ties

[Hans Åberg]

> On 14 Nov 2016, at 22:34, Robert Schmaus <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On 14 Nov 2016, at 21:22, Hans Åberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 14 Nov 2016, at 21:09, Robert Schmaus <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've wondered why in the first instance, the tie is a down-tie, while in 
>>> the second it's an up-tie (see attached screenshot). Is there a reason for 
>>> this? Something like visual balance?
>> 
>> It is different in the first bar, it seems.
> 
> No, i don't think that's it - I came across that in the middle of some score 
> I was working on. Unless you mean "first bar of a line" ... that I haven't 
> checked. 

I get different variations, depending on how I repeat the pattern. In LilyPond 
2.19.45: 

% Down up down up:
\score {
  \relative c'' {
    | a2 r8 a8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r2
  }
}

% Down up up up
\score {
  \relative c'' {
    | a2 r8 a8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r2
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r2
  }
}

% Up up down up
\score {
  \relative c'' {
    | b2 r2
    | a2 r8 a8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r2
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r8 b8 ( a ) b ~
    | b2 r2
  }
}