Re: ties across voices

[Pavel Roskin]

Quoting Alberto Simões <address@hidden>:

> > It's all in the documentation if you look:
> >
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/snippets/simultaneous-notes#suppressing-warnings-for-clashing-note-columns
>
> I confess I didn't search for it, as I would be okay with the warning :)
> But thanks, it makes compile cleaner.

It would be better to avoid cross-voice ties.  A tie is a very good  
indication that the notes are in the same voice.  You can change the  
voice style (\voiceOne etc) but keep the tied notes in one voice.

I would do something like this:

\version "2.14.2"
\score {
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice \relative c'' { \voiceOne d4 s4 }
    \new Voice \relative c'' { \voiceTwo b4 ~ \voiceOne b4 }
    \new Voice \relative c'' { s4 \voiceTwo a4 }
  >>
  \layout { }
}

It's possible to use just two voices in the above example and avoid  
silent rests, but I prefer to keep voices sorted by the pitch, the  
first voice being the highest and the last being the lowest.

Don't forget voiceThree and voiceFour, they can fix the clashes.  I  
use stemUp and stemDown as the last resort.

I don't use temporary voice ever, there are too many problems with  
them down the road.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin