On Nov 26, 2012, at 1:42 AM, Thomas Morley wrote:
> 2012/11/26 <ivan.k.kuznet...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> I am still relatively new to lilypond.
>> I have a simple four voice choral attached.
>>
>>
>> (1)
>> This example produces numerous warnings about
>> clashing notes which look like:
>>
>> choral-beethoven-moonlight-01-simple.ly:16:62: warning: ignoring too many
>> clashing note columns
>> e'2 e'2 e'2 fs'2 fs'2 e'2 ds'!2 ds' cs'
>>
>> Why is this happening?
>
> Because of "many clashing note columns" ;)
> To avoid this use \voiceOne and \voiceTwo, or write chords
>
>>
>> (2)
>> Also, this example fails to produce a midi file.
>> Can someone explain what I am doing wrong?
>
> \midi should be _in_ score:
>
> \score {
> \new PianoStaff { ... }
> \layout { ... }
> \midi { ... }
> }
>
>> (3)
>> As far as the structure of my file:
>>
>> \new PianoStaff
>> <<
>> \new Staff = "up"
>> {
>> <<
>> \new Voice = "up" { }
>> \new Voice = "up" { }
>>>>
>> }
>> \new Staff = "down"
>> {
>> <<
>> \new Voice { }
>> \new Voice { }
>>>>
>> }
>>>>
>> }
>>
>> Is this considered an example of "best practice", or how
>> might others structure a four voice choral.
>>
>>
>> (4)
>> Finally, at the beginning of the four measure in
>> the soprano and alto, the d# and c# collide.
>> I would have thought lilypond would have taken care
>> of this. What do I need to do to fix this?
>
> See above.
>
> HTH,
> Harm
Also, if you haven't read it, the Learning Manual is a great introduction to
lilypond that helps to explain why things go wrong, how to find out what went
wrong, and how to fix it.
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/index.html
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