On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 21:56:04 (+0100), J Martin Rushton wrote: > 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?
Three examples attached. The words in the English style will be printed below. (This post is an oversimplification.) Cheers, David.
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