Hello Hwaen, Thanks for your input.
Yes, your example is simpler, but the problem is I am working on a much more complex score that requires voices to be created only at specific moments. Consider the following case. It seems odd to have to specify that a voice is empty for four measures in order to be able to place the tie correctly (example 1). I would like to be able to write it as example two, only writing voices when necessary. \version "2.18.2" %example 1 \score { \relative c'' { << { e1~ e~ e~ e~ e2 f } \\ { s1 s s s c4 d e f } >> } } %example 2 \score { \relative c'' { e1~ | e~ | e~ | e~ | << { e2 f } \\ { c4 d e f } >> } } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user