I could be hallucinating but I think I remember seeing someone post an
attempt at an engraver that handles chromatically altered unisons. Might be
worth searching back.
On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 8:40 PM William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user
discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:
> Dear Knute,
>
> Here is the best that I could do...but I'm not sure that this is the
> most correct solution or that it will look good in context...
>
> Thanks,
> -William
>
> % --------------
> \version "2.25.18"
> \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 \once \override
> Accidental.X-extent = #'(0 . 0) ds! \once \override Accidental.X-extent
> = #'(0 . 0) ds! e16) |
> }
>
> rightHandLower = \relative {
> \time 6/8
> \voiceFour s4. d''16 gs, gs \once \override Accidental.X-extent =
> #'(0 . 0) \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #2 \once \override
> Accidental.extra-offset = #'(2.9 . 0) d'! \once \override
> Accidental.X-extent = #'(0 . 0)\once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift =
> #2 \once \override Accidental.extra-offset = #'(2.9 . 0) d! \once
> \override NoteHead.extra-spacing-width = #'(-2 . 0) gs, |
> }
>
> \new Staff <<
> \new Voice \righthandUpper
> \new Voice \rightHandLower
> >>
> % --------------
>
> On 12/7/24 19:09, Knute Snortum wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
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> William Rehwinkel (any pronouns)
> Juilliard School '26 - Oberlin Conservatory '24
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