form of a spanner event, @var{property} may also have the form
@samp{Grob.property} for specifying a directed tweak.")
(if (ly:music? item)
- (if (eq? (ly:music-property item 'span-direction) START)
+ (if (or (eqv? (ly:music-property item 'span-direction) START)
+ (music-is-of-type? item 'tie-event))
(tweak property (value-for-spanner-piece arg) item)
(begin
(ly:music-warning item (_ "not a spanner"))