Re: lilypond-book fragment with ties/slurs continuing over the end of the fragment

[Graham Percival]

On 23-May-06, at 4:04 AM, Vaclav Smilauer wrote:

> I tried to typeset fragments that have slurs and ties that continue to 
> the part
> of music that is not in the fragment. The fragments are block-aligned; 
> I would
> like to produce the slur/tie as if the fragment was line-broken at the 
> end, but
> without the other line appearing. I tried two approaches:

This sounds fairly complicated; I'm not certain if it can be done in 
lilypond.  The only other option I can think of is using laissez vibre 
ties.

> 2. "... | c1 ~| \break\hideNotes\stopStaff c": the alignment was 
> perfect, the
> tie was also perfect, but I got clef, bar number and the other part of 
> the
> broken tie printed.

You could hide the clef and bar numbers relatively easily.  I'm not at 
all certain about hiding the other part of the tie, and in any case 
these "extra" markings would occupy space (leaving a huge gap between 
music and text).

Cheers,
- Graham