Hi Simon, It's not just you and there is a reason why the output differs:
\voiceTwo sets many, many properties (I know that you know), but the tricky part is to find out what makes the ligature brackets behave differently. Solution: It's the stem direction (even if the semibreves don't have stems). If you override the stem direction, too, the output will be identical: %%%%%%%%%% \version "2.19.82" << \new Staff { \override LigatureBracket.direction = #DOWN \override Stem.direction = #DOWN \[ c'1 d' \] } \new Staff { \voiceTwo \[ c'1 d' \] } >> %%%%%%%%%% If the stems point away from the bracket, the bracket X extent will align to the noteheads , otherwise, the X extent of the bracket will reach from first stem to last stem. Strangely enough, it doesn't play a role whether the noteheads actually have stems or not, I'd call it a bug... All the best, Torsten -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Bugs-f58488.html _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond