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

[lilypond]

Comment #12 on issue 2653 by address@hidden: Midi output does not  
respect tied notes
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2653

Thankyou for the example but yet again I must disagree.
Your example provides  a nice view of notes tied with a slur line but
does not show a comparable view in the same hand of two notes slurred
together.

Your chord example is not proof either, of course if you want the chord
tied you would draw a line from every note to every other note. They
would be the same as slur lines and they would mean the chord was tied.

Your explanation that printers would use a different approach is most
informative but again I refer to my experience of reading printed music
for over 40 years. If printers used to make a difference between a tie
between two notes and a slur then I can only respect your decision; I am
saying that I can see no difference in printed music and it causes me no
problems. I can't think of an occasion where the composer wanted two
notes the same slurred and not tied.