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Re: Voice split across staves?
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Joel C. Salomon |
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Re: Voice split across staves? |
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Wed, 9 Sep 2015 10:13:00 -0400 |
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On 09/08/2015 11:34 PM, Keith OHara wrote:
> Your second setting, using two Voices in the upper staff, with output
> that matches the printed score, is the way to go.
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> What you think of as one logical voice, the one with the chords, is
> split across the pianists two hands. Piano music always prints this
> in a way that looks like separate voices, so it is best to use separate
> LilyPond Voice contexts. If you join the chord across the staves,
> the reader will think it is a recommendation to play the chord with a
> single hand, which is not the best way to perform this piece.
Thank you: that explains a lot.
—Joel