On 2024-04-16 21:59, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
Hello all,
I'm trying to typeset a percussion score with several instruments on
the same staff. When they play simultaneous notes I want to line them
up all on the same stem, like this (output attached, percussion1.pdf):
%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.24.1"
\new Staff \relative {
\clef "varpercussion"
\stemDown
R1 |
r2 <e b' f'>2\f-> |
R1 |
r2 q2-> |
}
%%%%%%%%%%
But I'd like to write down each part separately, so that I may also
print the single parts without redoing everything. And I also want to
use different note heads for each instrument.
This is the best I could come up with:
%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.24.1"
bassDrum = \relative {
\stemDown
s1 |
s2 b2-> |
s1 |
s2 b2-> |
}
cymbals = \relative {
\override NoteHead.style = #'xcircle \stemDown
s1 |
s2 f'2 |
s1 |
s2 f2 |
}
tamTam = \relative {
\override NoteHead.style = #'cross \stemDown
s1 |
s2 e2 |
s1 |
s2 e2 |
}
pause = \new Voice {
\clef "varpercussion"
\time 4/4
R1 |
r2 s2\f |
R1 |
r2 s2 |
}
percussions = \new Voice \relative {
<<
\cymbals
\\
\tamTam
\\
\bassDrum
>>
}
\new Staff
<<
\pause
\percussions
%%%%%%%%%%
But as you can see (output attached, percussion2.pdf) the three notes
aren't aligned on the same stem, only two of them are.
I tried \partCombine, it works nicely with two parts, but if there's a
way to combine three or more I didn't find it.
Any help is much appreciated.
Just remove the "\\" in your definition of percussions:
percussions = \new Voice \relative {
<<
\cymbals
\tamTam
\bassDrum
>>
}
In that way, all three lines of music will belong to the same Voice.
When you use the construct << ... \\ ... >>, you explicitly ask LilyPond
to create separate voices with separate stems, for the different lines
of music, which is not what you want in this particular situation.
/Mats
