Simple tie question

[Thomas Scharkowski]

Hello,

why does the 2nd example not work?

ex1:
--
\score 
{
\notes 
{
c' c' <c' e' g'> ~ <c' e' g'>
}
}
\paper {}
--

ex2:

--
\score 
{
\notes 
{
c' c' <c'8 e' g'> ~ <c' e' g'>
}
}
\paper {}
--

ex2 produces:

"syntax error, unexpected DIGIT, expecting NOTENAME_PITCH or '>':
c' c' <c'
         8 e' g'> ~ <c' e' g'>"


Thank you,

Thomas

Version 2.1.11 on Cygwin/Windows xp