2008/9/4 James E. Bailey <address@hidden>:
Perhaps a better example would be
voiceone = \context Voice = "voice one" \relative { c'4 b a g f e
f2 c1}
voicetwo = \relative {c'4 b a g f e \stemDown d_( b) \stemNeutral c1}
Have you noticed what happens if you remove \partcombine in your
example? :)
Partcombining isn't designed to work with lyrics; once you explicitly
name one of the voices, and try to attach lyrics to it, the
partcombining stops working. Internally, the two voices are given the
names "one" and "two", but these only exist when the individual parts
have different durations. For example, if I change your snippet
slightly,