On 13/09/16 22:32, David Wright wrote: > 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. > OK, thanks. Atlantic & English are common in hymnbooks here - the old (1923?) Methodist hymnbook used both styles. I can now see the American is different. Slightly OT: how does the American system differentiate when the voices cross? For example between E for Alto + G for Soprano compared to E for S + G for A.
Regards, Martin
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