Re: Moving a tie in a chord

[Thomas Morley]

Am Mi., 20. Juli 2022 um 02:17 Uhr schrieb Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com>:
>
> I'm trying to adjust the Y position of a tie in a chord, but I'm
> having trouble.  What works for a single tie doesn't seem to work for
> a chord:
>
> %%%
> \version "2.22.2"
>
> moveTie = {
>   \once \override Tie.staff-position = -5
>   \once \override Tie.direction = #DOWN
> }
>
> \relative a,, {
>   \clef bass
>   \time 6/8
>   \moveTie a4.~ a4. |
>   <\single \moveTie a~ a'~>4.( q8 <b b'> <g g'>) |
> }
> %%%
>
> In the snippet, I first test whether the overrides will work on a
> single tie, then try it in a chord.
>
> I saw that there is a layout object called TieColumn, but I couldn't
> figure out which property to use.  I tried a few (Y-offset, Y-extent,
> extra-offset) but the tie didn't move.
>
> Can anyone show me how to get the bottom tie of the first chord in the
> second measure to move up?
>
> --
> Knute Snortum
>

You could do

\relative a,, {
  \clef bass
  \time 6/8

  <a a'>4.(~

  \once \override TieColumn.tie-configuration = #'((-1 . 1)(-10 . -1))

  q8 <b b'> <g g'>) |
}

Also, see NR about TieColumn.tie-configuration

Cheers,
  Harm