I have a Chopin piece that I'm engraving and I've run into a problem with
some of the close harmonies he writes.  He has a chord with both a d-sharp
and a d-natural in it.  The edition I'm using uses two voices and doesn't
merge the two d's (see attached picture).  I've tried this in LilyPond but
I can't prevent the merging of the two notes (see second attached picture,
measure one.)  Is there a way to stop LilyPond from merging two notes?

I've asked this question before and one of the suggestions was to use an
enharmonic note, in this case e-flat for the d-sharp (see attached,
measures two through four). To the pianists reading this: which measure is
the least confusing?  I've also attached the code I used to create the four
measures.

--
Knute Snortum
\version "2.24.4"
\language "english"

\paper {
  ragged-right = ##t
  indent = 0
}

righthandUpper = \relative {
  \time 6/8
  r16 <d'' f>( q <gs, ds'> q <d' e> \voiceOne e f f ds! ds! e16) | 
  \break
  \oneVoice r16 <d f>( q <gs, ds'> q <d' e> \voiceOne e f f ef ef e16) | 
  \break
  \oneVoice r16 <d f>( q <gs, ds'> q <d' e>  q <gs, f'> q <d' ef> q <gs, e'>) |
  \break
  r16 <d' f>( q <gs, ef'> q <d' e>  q <gs, f'> q <d' ef> q <gs, e'>) |
}

rightHandLower = \relative {
  \time 6/8
  \voiceFour s4. d''16 gs, gs d'! d! gs, |
  s4. d'16 gs, gs d' d gs, |
}

\new Staff << 
  \new Voice \righthandUpper
  \new Voice \rightHandLower
>>

Reply via email to