RE: note column shift

[carsonmark]

Knute,

 

Thank you for the suggestion.

I failed to state that the three are explicitly defined voices.

 

Mark

 

From: Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:16 PM
To: carsonm...@ca.rr.com
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: note column shift

 

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM <carsonm...@ca.rr.com 
<mailto:carsonm...@ca.rr.com> > wrote:

Hello all,

 

In a source (BWV 911) three voices of a four-part polyphony are noted thus:

 



To achieve the same I used \once \override NoteColumn.force-hshift = #0.5 
before the middle quaver.

This was the result:

 



Did I misplace the command?

 

You can achieve what you're after just with \voice commands:

 

%%%

\version "2.24.4"


\new Staff <<
  \new Voice \relative { \voiceOne r8 e''~ e4 }
  \new Voice \relative { \voiceThree r8 c''~ c4 }
  \new Voice \relative { \voiceFour r8 e' fes4 }
>>

%%%

 

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Knute Snortum