On 10/27/07, Reinhold Kainhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > For the musicxml2ly application, I'm looking into how to convert cross-staff > chords in PianoStaves (i.e. chords that have some notes in the upper and some > in the lower staff). The documentation talks about these in > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Cross-staff-stems#Cross-staff-stems > > However, this approach is not possible for me in musicxml2ly (apart from the > fact, that I think that this is a terribly hackish workaround, but no proper > way), because I'm already inside a voice and can't easily created another > voice. The other issues I have with that workaround are that > - the stem length is not known at all (sometimes 20 might be required, > sometimes only 10 and 20 would look awkward), so i can't automate this > setting > - The no-flag does not work at all for beamed chords > > I'm attaching a sample which displays these problems. > > In short, as this is no option for me, is there any other / better way to > split a chord upon two staves and produce the result as shown in the attached > file 14c-StaffChange-Finale-Ref.pdf (created in Finale)?
Hi Reinhold, This is a known limitation in Lily. And, yes, the workaround is hackish. Unfortunately, I know of no better way to create cross-staff chords than the documentation you point to in the manual. I'm just finishing a score with cross-staff chords, so I know what you're going through. If any of the developers are looking for a sponsored project, I would be happy to help sponsor this improvement at some point in the future. Trevor. -- Trevor Bača [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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