Re: three voices and rest

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Federico Bruni" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 8:59 AM
Subject: three voices and rest


> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a three voice music.
> voiceOne is the melody, voiceTwo is the bass and voiceFour is the
> accompaniment.
> I've followed the Voice order suggested in NR 1.5.2 and I've chosen
> voiceFour for accompaniment because I want the stems to point down, like
> bass notes.
>
> The problem is that the rest of voiceFour is printed under the second
> voice and not between first and second, as I would like it to be.
> Is it a normal behaviour?
> I'm doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks for help!
> Federico

I think it's what I would expect, given the order of the voices.  If you 
want, you can easily over-ride it using an explicitly placed rest - your 
piano part would then be:

 g4\rest <a c>  q


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Phil Holmes