On 12/09/16 19:21, Karlin High wrote: > On 9/7/2016 11:56 PM, David F. wrote: >> Is there a way to combine two voices and print both stems (up and down) when >> the voices share a note? \partcombine does not appear to do this by default. >> >> American SATB hymns are typically engraved with the soprano and alto voices >> combined and the tenor and bass voices combined. If a note in the soprano >> voice has the same duration as the note in the alto voice, then the notes >> for soprano and alto will share a stem. If the durations are different, >> then there is no sharing. And if the notes are the same duration and the >> same pitch, then the note with have both an up stem and a down stem. > > You're not alone with difficulties on American-style part combining. > Another LilyPond user shared some of her work with me, and I'm still > studying the approach she uses. Below is a small example I'm using for > experiments. I'm not very familiar with the inner workings of LilyPond; > maybe someone will take one look and say, "That will mostly work, but > you will run into problems with such-and-such situations." > -- > Karlin High > Missouri, USA <snip>
How is this "American-style"? It sounds just the same as hymnbooks on this side of the pond have done since (at least) the 19thC. I tried to enclose a scan of "Hymns Ancient & Modern" (the standard Anglican hymnbook) of 1868 but it was rejected as too large [sorry moderator]. Briefly: SA in the treble clef, TB in the bass, note heads combined where appropriate with the stems indicating which voice they apply to. Is this not what you were describing? Regards, Martin
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