Re: [tablatures] ties and chords with notes of the same pitch

[Federico Bruni <brunology@xxxxxxx>]

Marc Hohl wrote:
> Federico Bruni schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is just a nitpicking..
> > But I'd like to know if I'm missing something or not..
> >
> > As you can see in the attached example, if in a chord there are two 
> > notes of the same pitch, then in the tied chord one of them will be 
> > displayed in the TabStaff.
> > I even tried a note-to-note tie, but it does not work.
> I stumbled over this problem very early in one of my pieces and asked 
> about a solution in the list,
> but even the lilypond masters didn't find a way to get rid of the second 
> tie (at least automatically).
> If I remember correctly, the tie somehow uses the first matching entry 
> in the list of notes in the
> grob placing process and therefore ignores the second note with the same 
> pitch.

Ok

> Sorry, but this is the current state. Perhaps you can insert a
> \once \override TabVoice.Tie #'transparent = ##t immediately in front of 
> the second tie
> to make it invisible (my solution was very ugly, but I was in a hurry 
> and needed the tune
> as soon as possible, so I removed the tie with a white pen and 
> photocopied the page ;-)
>
> Marc

:-)
Well, thanks for the \override tip, but I think I'll just remove one 
of the notes in the tied chord.
I don't care that much for a missing note head in Staff, while I do 
care for a good-looking TabStaff.

> > The only workaround I found is removing one of the two notes in the 
> > tied chord.
> > Of course, a note head will be missing in the Staff, but TabStaff will 
> > be ok.
> >
> > Is it right? Or there's a better solution?
> >
> > Thanks for your feedback,
> >
> > Federico


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