Re: Tie for segue at end of movement

[David Kastrup]

David Sumbler <address@hidden> writes:

> I have a piece with several movements.  One of the movements is marked
> 'segue' at the end, and finishes with a semibreve in each instrument.
>  The note in the 2nd cello part is tied to the first note of the next
> movement.  Each movement is in a separate \score block (both in the
> full score and in the parts).
>
> I need a tie attached to the 2nd cello note which extends more or less
> to the final barline.
>
> I can get a satisfactory result by tying the last note to a hidden note
> after the barline, but of course this means that the final double bar
> of the movement then comes before the end of the stave.  I can use
> \stopStaff to avoid that, but then the staff is shorter than the staves
> above it, which looks terrible.
>
> The best answer I have come up with so far is
>
> relative c, {
>   ef1*15/16 ~ \hideNotes ef16 \bar "||"
> }
>
> but I would prefer the tie to end closer to the final barline than this
> method provides.
>
> I also tried \once \override Tie.normalized-endpoints with various
> values for the 2nd element of the pair, but it did not have any effect.
>
> How can I get the result I want?

\laissezVibrer instead of *15/16 ~ \hidenotes ef16

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David Kastrup