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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