Re: Confused about line breaking

[David Wright]

On Tue 23 Feb 2016 at 05:49:28 (+0100), Helge Kruse wrote:
> Andrew,
> 
> The last duration in the treble staff is 4*16 i.e. four whole notes
> with a quarter note head.
> The first note in the next voice (in the bass staff) inherits this length.
> 
> Use this:
> 
> bass = {
>     \clef bass
>     \time 4/4
>     c1   % set duration explicitly
>     c c
> }

You make it too easy! Perhaps Andrew did just forget that durations
are copied from the previous note, but my guess was that he treated
* as a multiplier and not a scaling. (And he wouldn't be the first.)
In many situations it doesn't matter, but not in all.

Cheers,
David.