Kevin Cole <dc.l...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a score with a lot of sections as shown in the attached PNG. I
> see something like what I want to achieve at the end of the section on
> \parallelMusic:
>
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.20/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#writing-music-in-parallel
>
> My first thought, to avoid inserting rests, was simply to have the
> same notes appearing in both voices except for where they deviate.
> However, that resulted in sometimes placing the notes consecutively
> rather than concurrently. For example, I ended up with two whole notes
> in one measure.
>
> But as has been mentioned on this list before, there are often
> multiple ways to tackle problems. So, I'm wondering if there's
> something a bit more intuitive, simpler, etc. to get the first of the
> four beamed eighth notes in the second measure to line up with the
> half notes.
Maybe something like this?
\new Voice = "main"
{
\key d \major
fis8 g b e'
fis g b b'~ |
<e' g' b'>4.
<b~ e'_~ b'>8
\voices 1,"main"
<< { a' a' g' fis'~ | <a d' fis'>4. } \\
{ \voiceTwo <b e'>2 \oneVoice }
>>
}
--
David Kastrup
