Re: chord with notes of different duration

[Carl Sorensen]

On 10/6/10 1:22 PM, "Marc Mouries" <address@hidden> wrote:

>    
>  for practice purpose i am copying some excerpt from the Beethoven 5th
> symphony.
>  It contains a chord where the duration of the top notes  is longer than the
> others. (see attached)
>  According to the documentation, that does not seem possible since it says:
> ... [duration] must go outside the angle brackets.
>  
>  I checked the following doc pages: and the LSR and could not find an example
> of a chord with notes of different duration.
>  
>  I found a workaround to tie the top note with a note outside the chord but
> i'd like to see if there is a way to obtain the same display as in the
> attachment.
>  
>  
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Single-voice#Chorded
> -notes
>  
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Combining-n
> otes-into-chords#Combining-notes-into-chords
>  
>  -Marc
>  


You'll need to use a tweak to adjust the head of the top note.  Please see
the Learning Manual section 4.1.4.

HTH,

Carl