Re: << \\ >> constructs and things that cross measures

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Trevor (et al.):

> Yup, this is indeed very useful. Here's me discovering this construct
> just a couple of days ago for double-voiced noteheads and stems that
> cross over in piano music:

The other really helpful (at least for me) situation this handles is  
lyrics: the lyrics automatically follow the principal Voice if you  
don't use \\.

If you use the \\ construct, you then need to explicitly name the  
context to maintain the Lyric attachment:
    << \context Voice = "mainVoice" { a b c d } \\  { f f f g } >>

Cheers,
Kieren.