Thanks Abraham, Solution 1, using NoteColumn.force-hshift, was just what I was looking for, but couldn't find it in the manual until I knew the name of the property.
In case anyone else is interested, it's in the manual at http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/learning/fixing-overlapping-notation#the-force_002dhshift-property I tried the solution, and verified that the relevant word in the lyrics moved along in alignment with the note, so it's a very robust method, not leading to a cascade of other tweaks. In case a LilyPond developer rethinks this some day, it would be nice to be able to tweak a different horizontal order for colliding noteheads without specifying the distance moved. Also, I would suggest a policy of keeping tied notes contiguous. But these would be low priority wishes. Cheers, Mike O'Donnell > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:21:31 -0700 (MST) > From: tisimst <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com> > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Reversing order of colliding noteheads? > Message-ID: > <CACzy+cbggM0SNOV9p11=c+lsqnzzyza-xvcabvpxbztuk_l...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Michael, > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Michael J. O'Donnell [via Lilypond] > < ml-node+s1069038n186567...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > > > In the following two-bar snippet, I used \voiceOne and \voiceTwo to > > place Tenor and Lead vocal lines on a single staff. The Tenor has a > > tied-over note, whose notehead collides at the beginning of the > > second bar with the Lead note, one step away. LilyPond places the > > Lead note inside of the Tenor tie, which I find rather hard to > > read. I have tried \tieDown, which is a bit better but it has the > > tie crossing through the Lead stem. It seems that the best layout > > would have the Tenor note to the left of the Lead note, so that > > there is no interleaving of Lead note inside the Tenor tie. I > > cannot find a way to accomplish this with \voiceOne and \voiceTwo, > > nor have I thought of another layout that would be readable. I > > would prefer to avoid a change in the voice structure, which would > > complicate the alignment with lyrics. > > > > Thanks for any ideas, > > > > Here are a few ideas. > > 1. Reposition the noteheads: > > tenorPart = { > \voiceOne > r2 e'8 > \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #0 > c'4. ~ | > c'4. r8 f'2 | > } > > leadPart = { > \voiceTwo > e'2 c'2 | > \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #2.3 > d'2 a2 | > } > > 2. Change the vertical position of the tie: > > tenorPart = { > \voiceOne > r2 e'8 > \once \override Tie.staff-position = #3.5 > c'4. ~ | > c'4. r8 f'2 | > } > > leadPart = { > \voiceTwo > e'2 c'2 | > d'2 a2 | > } > > 3. Increase the potential height of the tie: > > tenorPart = { > \voiceOne > r2 e'8 > \once \override Tie.details.height-limit = #2 > c'4. ~ | > c'4. r8 f'2 | > } > > leadPart = { > \voiceTwo > e'2 c'2 | > d'2 a2 | > } > > Take your pick. > > HTH, > Abraham > > > > > -- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
