Re: Slurs into chords

[David Kastrup]

Jonathan Danner <mooggsentry@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Im trying to make a slur, or even possibly a gliss into a chord and
> can’t quite get it right without getting a warning message. Can anyone
> provide a way I can do either of these?
>
> melody = \relative c'' {
>   \global
>  r8 a\f c a c4 e8 e~|e d16 (c) a4~a4 r|b8 b4. b4 c8 \once\override 
> TextScript.X-offset = #-2  \once\override TextScript.Y-offset = #-2 \once 
> \override Glissando.style = #'dashed-line   \slurDashed (d_~^\markup \teeny 
> \rotate #45 {*gliss*}<<d4.\parenthesize d'2\bendAfter # 0 ^\markup 
> \center-column \tiny {*optional*})>>
>  r8 r2 
> }

<< >> is not a chord.  It is parallel music.  Any articulations in there
without further qualification are not specific to any note in
particular but are accessories to all notes inside of the << >>.

You have to use < > to get a chord inside of which you can attach ) to a
particular note.  < > can even be used inside of << >> if you really
need that parallel music construct, like
<<d4.\parenthesize <d'2\bendAfter # 0 ^\markup \center-column \tiny 
{*optional*})> >>

By the way, that does not look like the most readable formatting.

-- 
David Kastrup