Re: Attempting to tie chords across a measure bar fails for me (six beats in 4/4)

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi David;

  Thank you so much!  I was using double angle brackets instead of
single angle brackets.

Ken

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:07 AM David Nalesnik <david.nalesnik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 5:07 PM Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > Can you provide a small, working example of your code?
>
> This is always a good idea, but maybe the below is all you need.
>
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lilypond-user 
> > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Kenneth Wolcott
> > Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 2:55 PM
> > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org
> > Subject: Attempting to tie chords across a measure bar fails for me (six 
> > beats in 4/4)
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> >   I'm still learning how to use Lilypond.
> >
> > I'm using version 2.20.0
> >
> >   I have an example of some piano music which I am trying to engrave with 
> > Lilypond that has chords in the left hand which are tied, but the tie 
> > fails.  I have a 4/4 time signature. The pattern is a whole note tied to 
> > half note, both are the same triad. Do I have to separate the triad into 
> > different voices to get the chord to become a tie?
> >
>
> Is this what you want to achieve?
>
>
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> {
>   \clef bass
>   <c e g>1 ~
>   <c e g>2 r
> }
>
> %% OR
>
> {
>   \clef bass
>   <c e g>1 ~
>   q2 r
> }
>
> %%%%%%%
>
> Best,
> David