Shape individual ties in chords
To shape individual ties in chords use the method demonstrated below.
\paper { tagline = ##f } \markup "Chords can be tied note by note" { <c'~ e'~ g'~ c''~>2 q } \markup \wordwrap { Affecting those ties with "\\shape" will not succeed, because TieColumn positions them on its own behalf and more or less ignores the "\\shape-input". You may surpress this by setting 'positioning-done true. Alas, 'positioning-done is an internal property, setting it true means: all positioning is done, don't do anything further. So you better take care you really did. See the example below where this is missed: All directions are down and the thickness is not accurate: } { <c'~ e'~ g'~ c''~>2 \once \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t q } \markup "To cure that, enter ties with explicit direction-modifiers" { <c'_~ e'_~ g'_~ c''^~>2 \once \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t q } \markup "Now you can use \\shape for each tie as usual" { <c'-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -10) (0 . -10) (0 . 0)) _~ e'-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -5) (0 . -5) (0 . 0)) _~ g'-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -2) (0 . -2) (0 . 0)) _~ c''-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 5) (0 . 5) (0 . 0)) ^~ >2 \once \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t q } \markup "This works at line break as well." { <c'-\shape #'(((0 . 0) (0 . -10) (0 . -10) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . -10) (0 . -10) (0 . 0))) _~ e'-\shape #'(((0 . 0) (0 . -5) (0 . -5) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . -5) (0 . -5) (0 . 0))) _~ g'-\shape #'(((0 . 0) (0 . -2) (0 . -2) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . -2) (0 . -2) (0 . 0))) _~ c''-\shape #'(((0 . 0) (0 . 5) (0 . 5) (0 . 0)) ((0 . 0) (0 . 5) (0 . 5) (0 . 0))) ^~ >2 \break \once \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t q } \markup "Same with tieWaitForNote" { \set tieWaitForNote = ##t c'4-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -10) (0 . -10) (0 . 0)) _~ e'-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -5) (0 . -5) (0 . 0)) _~ g'-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . -2) (0 . -2) (0 . 0)) _~ c''-\shape #'((0 . 0) (0 . 5) (0 . 5) (0 . 0)) ^~ \once \override TieColumn.positioning-done = ##t <c' e' g' c''>1 }