Re: piano ties

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> It essentially boils down to the fact that inter-voice ties (and
>> slurs) would be tremendously helpful for notation of piano music.
>>
>> Does anyone know what obstacles prevent an implementation of such a
>> feature?
> 
> Any reason you don't move the Tie/Slur engraver to Staff level if
> you want inter-voice ties/slurs?

It's not precise enough for piano music.  In most situations, ties
should follow voices, and only in some specific situations an
inter-voice ties is needed.

IMHO the ideal solution would be to extend the `\=' syntax to cover
inter-voice slurs, e.g.,

  \relative c' {
    \clef "bass"
    \time 3/4
    << { <g b>2. \=1~ } \\
       { f4 e2 \=1~ } \\
       { d!2. \=1~ } >>
    <d e g b>address@hidden
  }

`\@' is my ad-hoc suggestion to identify a chord (or whatever) as a
receiver of the corresponding tag.


    Werner