Trevor,

Try something like

<c f>\repeatTie

- Abraham

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Trevor Bača-2 [via Lilypond] 
<ml-node+s1069038n173496...@n5.nabble.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how produce the style of ties used by Messiaen (or 
> his publisher)?
> 
> I've attached an image file taken from a first page of results given 
> by Google images.
> 
> The style of ties is unconventional because there are effectively no 
> ties exiting tied notes (or chords); only ties entering into 
> non-first notes (or chords) joined together in series. (The augmented 
> fourth held in the pianist's left hand in the bottom system provides 
> a good example of this.)
> 
> I haven't yet used this style of tie in my own scores. But it seems 
> like it might be a particularly effective way to reduce the graphic 
> noise dense chords cause when tied over long durations.
> 
> (One last thought: Messiaen's notation might be conceptually 
> equivalent to a type of "reverse" l.v. indication. That might help 
> provide a name for the feature should it ever find its way into 
> LilyPond.)
> 
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> Trevor Bača
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