Hi Hwaen and David; Thank you very much for your replies.
It does solve the problem. I saw that command but, for some reason I did not think it applied to my situation. I will try to make a note of this so I don't ask this question again; I'll just have to consult my "gotcha" list. Ken On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 9:55 PM David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed 27 Jul 2022 at 21:27:53 (-0700), Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > > > > I must be missing something obvious here. > > > > The last note of a first alternative is a tie to the first note in the > > repeat. > > > > Lilypond 2.22.2 complains: > > > > La_Bamba.ly:67:40: warning: unterminated tie > > r8 f'' f'' f'' f''4^. f''8^. e'' > > ~ | % m26 > > > > Thanks in advance for pointing out what I missed in the documentation... > > Replace that tie with \laissezVibrer. It's on the second page of > Ties in NR, around p59 (I'm using 2.23 docs). It's the complement > of \repeatTie, and the difficulty with looking up these terms has > been commented on here quite recently. > > > My engraving, my Lilypond source and the 8notes.com's Brass Quartet > > arrangement of "La Bamba" are attached. > > > > The problem occurs at bar 26 in the first trumpet part. > > The 8notes's tie is far too long. > > Cheers, > David.
