Re: Beam direction with \new Voice

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Heike,

> You'll need \voiceOne and \voiceTwo (and \oneVoice) for this  
> construction.
> You may also need to name your second Voice context.
> For reference, you'll want to re-read section 1.5.2 of the Notation  
> Reference, Multiple Voices.

Here's a function that might help.

Cheers,
Kieren.

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\version "2.13"
#(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)

split = #(define-music-function (parser location upper lower)  
(ly:music? ly:music?)
#{ << { \voiceOne $upper } \context Voice = "2" { \voiceTwo $lower }  
>> \oneVoice #})

splitMusic = \relative
{
  c'4 b a b \split { c1 b4( a) g2 } { c,4 d e f g1 }
}

theWords = \lyricmode {
  This is how we split mu -- sic!
}

\score
{
  <<
    \new Voice = "melody" \splitMusic
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { \theWords }
  >>
}