Re: rest placement in multi-voice piano staff

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> I was wondering if anyone had a clue as to how to get the eighth rest in 
> voice three to be shown above the half note in voice four?

Yes: use Lilypond’s automatic voicing:

        \new PianoStaff <<
            \new Staff = "upper" <<
                \new Voice = "first" { \voiceOne \pianoVoiceOne }
                \new Voice = "second" { \voiceTwo \pianoVoiceTwo }
            >>
            \new Staff = "lower" <<
                \clef bass
                \new Voice = "third" { \voiceOne \pianoVoiceThree }
                \new Voice = "fourth" { \voiceTwo \pianoVoiceFour }
            >>
        >>

This may also allow you to reduce or totally avoid the use of \stemUp and 
\stemDown (which are extremely rare in my scores, despite my heavy use of 
polyphony).

Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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