Re: Formatting for a tie

[David Kastrup]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:

> Le samedi 28 octobre 2023 à 21:21 -0400, Samuel Sloniker a écrit :
>> How can I format this tie in Lilypond? I'm writing a Lilypond file for an
>> existing song; this image is from a scan of a hymnal.
>
>
> If you are having trouble finding the answer to this in the
> documentation or Web searches, it's because the term for this bow is “
> slur” (not “tie”). A tie is between two notes having the same pitch,
> and makes the second silent so that the first one is effectively
> prolonged.

Not every instrument is purely percussive, and even most percussive
instruments have some way of ending a note and/or providing for letting
it decay naturally.  Your description makes it sound as if there is no
difference between a rest and a note continued by a tie.

-- 
David Kastrup