Re: ties between voices

[David Kastrup]

Aaron Hill <lilypond@hillvisions.com> writes:

> On 2020-06-29 2:17 pm, David Kastrup wrote:
>> \voices 1,3,4,2 << \soprano \\ \alto \\ \tenor \\ \bass >>
>> which is ugly enough as it is [...]
>
> Does not seem that ugly to me, but I suppose one could encapsulate it
> via the ever-handy \etc:
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> soprano = { c''4 }
> alto = { a'4 }
> tenor = { fis'4 }
> bass = { d'4 }
>
> satb = \voices 1,3,4,2 \etc
>
> \satb << \soprano \\ \alto \\ \tenor \\ \bass >>
> %%%%

Cute.  I mean, for SATB one would likely use explicit voices anyway, but
it's a nice shortcutlery nevertheless.

-- 
David Kastrup