I get somewhat different output actually, but with the same collision problem. My best solution so far is to change the tie to a slur. Probably if you do this you should tweak whatever slur property determines how far the slur is from the notes, so it'll look more like a tie.
\version "2.8.0" \relative c{ \time 2/2 \clef bass \key g \major << {d8 [g d a']} \\ {e!2(} >> << {d8 [g d a']} \\ {e2)} >>} \layout { ragged-right = ##t } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user