Re: Why do these chords not line up vertically?

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> 2013/7/13 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
>>
>> Because you've set them as separate voices, not chords. Please see
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/single-voice
>
> Or try:
>
> \version "2.16.2"
>
> \include "english.ly"
>
>
> \score {
>
>   \new Staff
>   {
>     \time 4/4
>     \clef "treble"
>
>     <<
>     {
>     \voiceOne
>       bf'1   ef''1  ef''1  gs''1  af''1  cs'''1
>     }
>
>     {
>     \voiceTwo
>       g'1    g'1   c''1    c''1   f''1   f''1
>     }
>
>     {
>     \voiceThree
>       b1     e'1   e'1     a'1    a'1    d''1
>     }
>     >>
>   }
> }

Without compiling it: this can't work.  Either you get separate voices
(which is likely since \time or \clef likely don't start voices but more
fragile as use of explicit \new Voice).  Or you don't, in which
\voiceOne ... \voiceThree will all be executed in the same voice and all
notes will be typeset as chords, likely with \voiceThree active.

-- 
David Kastrup