Re: Using \partcombine with explicit voices

[Urs Liska]

Am 20.10.2014 16:02, schrieb Phil Burfitt:
> From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying for the first time to engrave partcombine-d parts, and I'm
> > running in an issue for which I don't see anything in
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices.html#automatic-part-combining. 
> >
> >
> > Consider the attached example. As it it it compiles fine. But if you
> > exchange the comments and use the lines the explicitly instantiate the
> > voices for the music variables it doesn't work - lily complains about
> > clashing note columns and gives the attached output.
> >
> > It seems that \partcombine doesn't work when the two music expressions
> > are enclosed in explicit voices. Is that true? is that expected? is that
> > necesary?
> >
> > This poses problems for me because in the current context I'm forced to
> > enclose a number of consecutive music variables in one Voice context in
> > order to be able to write spanners or slurs that cross variables (i.e.
> > start in one and end in the other).
> >
> > Is there a solution for my problem, either by making some settings so
> > \partcombine works or by massaging the Voice context to spit out a
> > "bare" music expression again?
> >
> > TIA
> > Urs
> Hi Urs,
>
> Use the \voiceXXX commands...specifically \voiceOne and \voiceTwo in 
> your case.

What do you mean, adding explicit voice numbers in the music expressions 
instead of using \partcombine?
That wouldn't work, but of course I also need the music independently 
(it's actually what partcombine is meant for: instruments (like the 
flutes) that are combined in the score and individual in the parts.

Urs

> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices
>
> Phil.