Trevor Baca recently asked how one might write in LilyPond tied chords in which only *some* (one or more, but not all) notes are tied to the following identical chord.
I am also interested in this, because it sometimes happens in piano music, and I would be interested in sponsoring a feature in LilyPond which one could use to prevent one or more notes within a chord from being tied. For example, consider a C 7 chord tied to another C 7: <c e g bes>4~ <c e g bes> In piano music (and perhaps other polyphonic instruments) a chord can be played in such a way that some notes are sustained (tied) and some are sounded or repeated. Someone might notate a piece in which the c and b-flat of the above chord are held, while the e and g are struck in the second and subsequent identical chords. It might be nice to be able to write something like: <c e\noTie g\noTie bes>4~ <c e g bes> At any rate, if Han-Wen thinks this is worthy of some thought and effort, I would be happy to sponsor such a user-specified "selective exclusion of notes" or partially tied chord feature. Steve Doonan New Mexico US -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
