Re: Combining voices in American Hymns

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Combining voices in American Hymns


> Am 08.09.2016 um 07:14 schrieb Noeck:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > it is on the same page in the docs:
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices
> > The normal \voiceOne and \voiceTwo contruct shows each voice with their
> > stems (and slurs etc.) in different directions.
> >
> > Partcombine is exactly for the case you don't want: to print two voices
> > combined into one without different stems for same notes.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joram
>
> But on the very same page are also described the commands
> \partcombineApart
> and
> \partcombineApartOnce
>
> which do exactly what you need (if I'm not mistaken completely).
>
> Urs

Partcombine has been improved in 2.19.  See 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#automatic-part-combining

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Phil Holmes