Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2653 in lilypond: Midi output does not respect tied notes

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Comment #10 on issue 2653 by address@hidden: Midi output does not respect  
tied notes
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2653

In printed music, ties tend to be placed more between noteheads, and slurs  
across them.  That way, ties usually fit reasonably into slurs.  Also, if  
slurs are placed between chords, you get one, at most a double slur (above  
and below), whereas with tied chords, every note of the chord gets tied to  
the next.

If you take a look at <URL:http://www.wimmercello.com/bachlute.html>,  
you'll see a lot of slurs, but also at the start of the Allemande there is  
a tie.  You'll see that the slurs are long sweeping lines and the tie, in  
contrast, is a small thing between noteheads with a lot of curvature,  
almost like an accent.

Now this is a rather sloppy handwritten autograph of Baroque music, and yet  
it makes the distinction quite discernible.  In engraving, similar or  
partly even the same stencils are being used, but even then you'd place  
ties and slurs differently and pick shorter stencils for the ties.